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From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vīnum (wine) + Latin ācer (sour). Displaced Old English æċed (survived in Middle English eced).

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vinegar (countable and uncountable, plural vinegars)

  1. (uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
  2. (countable) Any variety of vinegar.
    a range of herb-flavoured vinegars
  3. (informal, US) Vigor; vitality.
    • 1962, “The Legend of John Henry's Hammer”, performed by Johnny Cash:
      You full of vinegar now, but you 'bout through / We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of driving / Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry? / Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you.

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vinegar (third-person singular simple present vinegars, present participle vinegaring, simple past and past participle vinegared)

  1. (transitive) To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.

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