How do you pronounce verjuice?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɝd͡ʒuːs/.

Where does verjuice come from?

It is traced to Middle English. First known use: First attested in c. 1302.

/ˈvɝd͡ʒuːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

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"In this inſtance, there is (vpon the by) to be noted the Percolation, or Suing of the Veriuyce thorow the VVood; So as it ſeemeth, it muſt be firſt in a kinde of Vapour, before it paſſe."
"Alfred pulled a face as of one that drinketh verjuice unawares; but let it pass: hypercriticism was not his cue just then."
"She looked sour as verjuice when my mother and Emily entered, and gave them to understand that ‘she wasn’t used to no strangers in her school, and didn’t want ’em.’"
"There are few names to which a jingle or a joke cannot be fitted—witness, Twining, banker and tea-dealer: / ‘Twining would be whining / Were’t not for his tea;’ / and the ex-Lord Mayor, Sir John Key, where the inherent rhyme to ‘donkey’ verjuiced the baronetcy."

From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.

verjuices (plural) verjus (alternative) verjuices (present, singular) verjuicing (participle, present) verjuiced (participle, past) verjuiced (past)

verjuiced

sour as verjuice