verjus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Coat the greens only with verjus, the slightly tart juice of unripe grapes."
- "To the food. It is a tasting menu, but a generous one. Among Haworth’s favourites is a dish of slow-cooked leeks that comes crowned with a handful of frozen verjus (pressed unripe grapes). He also likes the barbecued mushrooms."
Etymology
Borrowed from French verjus.