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Definition sour

Etymology

From Middle English sour, from Old English s?r (�sour�), from Proto-Germanic *s?raz (�sour�), from Proto-Indo-European *s�Hros (�sour�). Cognate with West Frisian soer, Dutch zuur (�sour�), Low German suur, German sauer (�sour�), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sur, French sur (�sour�), Faroese s�rur (�sour�), Icelandic s�r (�sour, bitter�).

Adjective

sour (comparative sourer, superlative sourest)

1. Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
2. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
3. Tasting or smelling rancid.
4. Peevish or bad-tempered.
5. (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
6. (of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.
7. Unfortunate or unfavorable.
8. (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.

Noun

sour (countable and uncountable, plural sours)

1. The sensation of a sour taste.
2. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
3. (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
4. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
5. The acidic solution used in souring fabric.

Verb

sour (third-person singular simple present sours, present participle souring, simple past and past participle soured)

1. (transitive) To make sour.
2. (intransitive) To become sour.
3. (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
4. (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
5. (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
6. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
7. (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.

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