Word of The Day: Verjuice

verjuice (VUHR-joos) 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.