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vinaigrous

vinaigrous adjective: vinegary.

Adjective

vinaigrous (comparative more vinaigrous, superlative most vinaigrous)

  1. (archaic) vinegary
    • The fair Palace Dames publicly declare that this Lafayette, detestable though he be, is their saviour for once. Even the ancient vinaigrous Tantes admit it; […]1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Lafayette”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book VII (The Insurrection of Women), page 275

Forms of vinaigrous

comparativemore vinaigrous
superlativemost vinaigrous

Origin of vinaigrous

From French vinaigre (“vinegar”) + -ous.

Questions about vinaigrous

What does vinaigrous mean?
Vinaigrous means vinegary.
What part of speech is vinaigrous?
Vinaigrous is an adjective.

Words near vinaigrous in the dictionary

  1. vinaigrette
  2. vinaigretted
  3. vinaigrettes
  4. vinaigrier
  5. vinaigriers
  6. vinaigrous
  7. vinal
  8. Vinalhaven
  9. Vinalia
  10. vinalon
  11. Vinamra

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