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vinaigrous en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

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