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vinegarish

American  
[vin-i-ger-ish] / ˈvɪn ɪ gər ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity.

    a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.

Etymology

Origin of vinegarish

First recorded in 1640–50; vinegar + -ish 1

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Aiken being right would mean Eliot showing a "thin and vinegarish hostility towards the modern world" and sounding a note of "withered dogmatism".

From The Guardian

But I am morally certain she has all sorts of vinegarish names for me.

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