Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From vinagre (vinegar) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vinagroso m (feminine vinagrosa, masculine plural vinagrosos, feminine plural vinagrosas)

  1. vinegary, vinegarish
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12v:
      DEl tercero grado del ſigno de tauro es la piedra a que dizẽ camorica. q̃ quiere dezir táto en caldeo como uinagroſa en este romanz.
      Of the third degree of the sign of Taurus is the stone they call camorica, which means vinegary both in Chaldean and in this Romance.

Descendants

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  • Spanish: vinagroso