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单词 sourish
释义 sourish, a.|ˈsaʊərɪʃ|
Also 4–5 sourische, 5 -isshe, -ysshe, 7–8 sowrish (7 -ishe), sowerish.
[f. sour a. + -ish.]
Somewhat sour, in various senses: a. Of things, taste, or smell.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii, xii. (Bodl. MS.), Wormod is ful scharpe herbe, hote and druye, ful sourische & bitter.1477Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 74 And so is Sowerish tast called Sapor Pontick.1598Bp. Hall Sat. v. ii, When pleasing Bourdeaux falls unto his lot, Some sourish Rochelle cuts thy thirsting throat.1617Moryson Itin. iii. 82 They have a kind of bread brownish and sowrish, and made with aniseeds.1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. I. 142 The bad Qualities of Plums, are..to have their Pulp tough, mealy, and doughy,..or sharp and sowrish.1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Cider, If it be only a little sowerish.1807T. Thomson Chem. (ed. 3) II. 268 Muriatic acid is to be added, with constant stirring,..till the mass tastes a little sourish.1866Treas. Bot. 30/1 The sap above referred to is of a sourish taste.1884J. Burroughs Pepacton 173 Not so dry, and having a sourish smell.
fig.1647Trapp Comm. Rev. xii. 12 Grosse, troubled, brackish, and sowrish doctrine.
b. Of persons (or animals), temper, etc.
1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2328/4 A Dapple grey Gelding,..a sowrish Head, a little hollow backt.1792in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1861) II. 450 His own sourish disposition being naturally much heightened by such horrid doings.1889Johnston Glenbuckie xii. 145 A worthy, albeit a sourish person.1897Daily News 19 Oct. 6/1 A lovable fellow in contrast with the narrow, sourish northerner.
Comb.1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede xvii, I believe he meant right at bottom; but..he was sourish-tempered.
Hence ˈsourishly adv.; ˈsourishness.
1670W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 81, I haue tasted one near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, which hath a very strong sowrishness.1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 66 'Tis very juicy, and has a smack of Sowrishness.1846Landor Exam. Shaks. Wks. II. 266 Master Silas..looked sourishly, and cried aloud.
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