verjuice noun & verb. ['vǝ:dʒu:s] ME.
[Old French vertjus, (also mod.) verjus, from vert green + jus juice: see VERT noun¹, JUICE noun.]
A. noun.
1. An acid liquor obtained from crab-apples, sour grapes, etc., formerly used in cooking and medicine. ME.

2. fig. Something acid or sour; bitter feelings or thoughts. L16.
b. verb trans. Embitter, make sour. Chiefly as verjuiced ppl adjective. rare. M19.

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