English-Thai Dictionary

vinegar

N น้ำส้มสายชู  nam-son-sai-chu

 

vinegarish

ADJ เปรี้ยว  ซึ่ง มี รสเปรี้ยว  sour piao

 

vinegarroon

N แมงป่อง พวก  Mastigoproctusgiganteus พบ ใน อเมริกา และ เม็กซิโก 

 

vinegary

ADJ เปรี้ยว  sour vinegarish piao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VINEGAR

n. 1. Vegetable acid; an acid liquor obtained from wine, cider, beer or other liquors, by the second or acetous fermentation. Vinegar may differ indefinitely in the degree of its acidity. When highly concentrated, it is called radical vinegar.
2. Any thing really or metaphorically sour. [Not in use. ]
Vinegar of lead, a liquor formed by digesting ceruse or litharge with a sufficient quantity of vinegar to dissolve it.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VINEGAR

Vin "e *gar, n. Etym: [OE. vinegre, F. vinaigre; vin wine (L. vinum ) +aigre sour. See Wine, and Eager, a.]

 

1. A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous ) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.

 

Note: The characteristic sourness of vinegar is due to acetic acid, of which it contains from three to five per cent. Wine vinegar contains also tartaric acid, citric acid, etc.

 

2. Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically. Here's the challenge: ... I warrant there's vinegar and pepper in't. Shak. Aromatic vinegar, strong acetic acid highly flavored with aromatic substances. -- Mother of vinegar. See 4th Mother. -- Radical vinegar, acetic acid. -- Thieves' vinegar. See under Thief. -- Vinegar eel (Zoöl.), a minute nematode worm (Leptodera oxophila, or Anguillula acetiglutinis ), commonly found in great numbers in vinegar, sour paste, and other fermenting vegetable substances; -- called also vinegar worm. -- Vinegar lamp (Chem. ), a fanciful name of an apparatus designed to oxidize alcohol to acetic acid by means of platinum. -- Vinegar plant. See 4th Mother. -- Vinegar tree (Bot. ), the stag-horn sumac (Rhus typhina ), whose acid berries have been used to intensify the sourness of vinegar. -- Wood vinegar. See under Wood.

 

VINEGAR

VINEGAR Vin "e *gar, v. t.

 

Defn: To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. [Obs. ] Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses As he was bid. B. Jonson.

 

VINEGARETTE

VINEGARETTE Vin `e *gar *ette ", n.

 

Defn: See Vinaigrette, n., 2.

 

VINEGAR FLY

VINEGAR FLY Vin "e *gar fly.

 

Defn: Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.

 

VINEGARROON

Vin `e *gar *roon ", n. [Cf. Sp. vinagre vinegar. ]

 

Defn: A whip scorpion, esp. a large Mexican species (Thelyphonus giganteus ) popularly supposed to be very venomous; -- from the odor that it emits when alarmed.

 

VINEGARY

VINEGARY Vin "e *gar *y, a.

 

Defn: Having the nature of vinegar; sour; unamiable.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vinegar

vin e gar |ˈvinəgər ˈvɪnəɡər | ▶noun a sour-tasting liquid containing acetic acid, obtained by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids, typically wine, cider, or beer, and used as a condiment or for pickling. • sourness or peevishness of behavior, character, or speech: her aggrieved tone held a touch of vinegar. DERIVATIVES vin e gar ish adjective, vin e gar y adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vinum ‘wine ’ + acer ‘sour. ’

 

Vinegar Joe

Vin e gar Joe see Stilwell, Joseph Warren.

 

Oxford Dictionary

vinegar

vin |egar |ˈvɪnɪgə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a sour-tasting liquid containing acetic acid, obtained by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids, typically wine, cider, or beer, and used as a condiment or for pickling. • sourness or peevishness of behaviour, character, or speech: her aggrieved tone held a touch of vinegar. DERIVATIVES vinegarish adjective, vinegary adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vinum ‘wine ’ + acer ‘sour ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vinegar

vin e gar /vɪ́nɪɡə r /〖語源は 「すっぱいワイン (vine )」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U 〖種類では 可算 〗酢, 食酢 ▸ put oil and vinegar on the salad サラダに酢とオイルのドレッシングをかける .2 U ｟比喩的に ｠不機嫌 ; 辛辣 （しんらつ ）な言葉 .3 U ｟米 くだけて ｠活力 .

 

vinegary

vin e gar y /vɪ́nɪɡ (ə )ri /形容詞 1 酢のような ; すっぱい .2 気難しい, 不機嫌な, 意地の悪い, 怒りっぽい .