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verjuiced

[vur-joos]

ver·juice

[vur-joos]
noun
1.
an acid liquor made from the sour juice of crab apples, unripe grapes, etc., formerly much used for culinary and other purposes.
2.
sourness, as of temper or expression.
adjective Also, ver·juiced.
3.
of or pertaining to verjuice.
4.
sour in temper, expression, etc.

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Verjuiced is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English verjuis < Middle French vertjus, equivalent to vert green (< Latin viridis) + jus juice
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