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oversour

oversour adjective: overly or excessively sour; too sour.

Adjective

oversour (comparative more oversour, superlative most oversour)

  1. Overly or excessively sour; too sour.
    • Let milk become oversour and observe odors of decomposition.1903, Monthly Bulletin, volumes 3-4, page 24

Verb

oversour (third-person singular simple present oversours, present participle oversouring, simple past and past participle oversoured)

  1. (intransitive) To become too sour.
    • On warm days the milk might oversour, while on cooler days it would be found comparatively sweet unless a good deal of attention was given to keeping the temperature where it would sour in the proper length of time.1914, John Michels, Creamery Butter-making, page 85

Forms of oversour

Adjective
comparativemore oversour
superlativemost oversour
Verb
third-person singular presentoversours
present participleoversouring
past participleoversoured
pastoversoured

Origin of oversour

From Middle English oversour, equivalent to over- + sour.

Questions about oversour

What does oversour mean?
Oversour means overly or excessively sour; too sour.
What part of speech is oversour?
Oversour can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near oversour in the dictionary

  1. oversorrows
  2. oversot
  3. oversoul
  4. oversouling
  5. oversouls
  6. oversour
  7. oversoured
  8. oversouring
  9. oversours
  10. oversow
  11. oversowed

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