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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--verjuice There are times when we have to eat our words, and that's never pleasant. But this week's words are all edible and potable (from Latin edere: to eat, and potare: to drink). Some describe food, others are used metaphorically, and in some cases, the food origin is hidden in the etymology. And we have quite a varied menu. We serve words from French, Latin, Italian, and Greek. Bon appétit! verjuice (VUHR-joos) noun The sour juice of unripe grapes, crab apples, etc. adjective Sour in temper. [From French verjus, from vert (green) + jus (juice).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Then, leaning forward with a most verjuice expression on his pale face, he said, `Give that gentleman half a minute to get out of the way.'" Charlotte Brontë; Tales of Angria; 1834. X-Bonus To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. -Colette, author (1873-1954)

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