souredadj.
/saʊəd/ 1. Rendered sour or acid; fermented, leavened.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > made sour
sourc1000
soured1382
thundered1877
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [adjective] > fermented or soured
soured1382
well-fermented1585
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xii. 15 Who so euer etith sowred breed.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xiii. 7 That there be no..sowred bred sene in all thy quarters.
1659 J. Gauden Serm. (1660) 120 As sowred vinegar is made of the sweetest wine.
1670 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 120 With leaven of salt and sower'd honey and oil.
1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Soliloquy of Soul x, in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. 177 I am like a soured Vessel and wholly unworthy of the Inpouring of thy good Spirit.
1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xiii. 238 A bowl of soured milk—a most delicious draught on a broiling day.
2. Of persons: Embittered, crabbed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective]
bitter?c1225
sour?c1225
envenomedc1375
envenomousa1420
crabbed1565
gallish1595
verjuice1598
vinegar-tart1599
soury1647
acrid1681
acrious1682
sourish1688
embittered1694
subacid1760
verjuiced1836
acidulent1837
vinaigrous1837
vinegar1847
vinegary1847
soured1848
acerbic1853
acidulous1865
acerbate1869
acerbitous1870
snake-headed1920
sour-pussed1952
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair l. 441 Miss Clapp..is declared by the soured old lady to be an unbearable and impudent little minx.
1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. iii. i. 135 He returned to his father's house, a soured man at the outset of life.
1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird II. i. 24 Even a soured old maid such as I could but yield to her charm.
Derivatives
ˈsouredness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun]
gallc1175
sourness1482
fellc1494
acerbitya1538
tartness1548
acrimony1597
verjuice1598
vinegara1616
acidness1660
asperity1664
thorniness1674
acidity1687
acerbitude1727
acridity1753
vitriol1769
souredness1858
1858 Gilfillan in Wyatt's Poet. Wks. p. xvi In his Satires we find what we may call a mellowed souredness of spirit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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