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verjus

verjus is the alternative form of verjuice.

Meaning of verjuice

Noun

verjuice (usually uncountable, plural verjuices)

  1. (usually) A very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit.
    • In this inſtance, there is (vpon the by) to be noted the Percolation, or Suing of the Veriuyce thorow the VVood; So as it ſeemeth, it muſt be firſt in a kinde of Vapour, before it paſſe.1631, Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee...

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Origin of verjus

Borrowed from French verjus.

Questions about verjus

What is verjus the alternative form of?
Verjus is the alternative form of verjuice.

Words near verjus in the dictionary

  1. verity
  2. verjuice
  3. verjuiced
  4. verjuices
  5. verjuicing
  6. verjus
  7. verjuyce
  8. verkakte
  9. Verkhivtseve
  10. Verkhnodniprovsk
  11. Verkhovna Rada

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Adapted from Wiktionary: verjus (page history and authors); verjuice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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