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sourling

sourling noun: a fruit that is sour because it is unripe.

Noun

sourling (plural sourlings)

  1. (obsolete) A fruit that is sour because it is unripe.
    • If the tree have any well-ripe fruits, produce them for the banquet, / But let the sourlings be, a good tree beareth both: […]1873, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Proverbial Philosophy, page 269

Forms of sourling

pluralsourlings

Origin of sourling

sour + -ling

Questions about sourling

What does sourling mean?
Sourling means a fruit that is sour because it is unripe.
What part of speech is sourling?
Sourling is a noun.
What is the plural of sourling?
The plural of sourling is sourlings.

Words near sourling in the dictionary

  1. sourishness
  2. sourkraut
  3. sourkrauts
  4. sourkrout
  5. sourkrouts
  6. sourling
  7. sourlings
  8. sourly
  9. sourmash
  10. sourness
  11. sournesses

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