Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Sour like vinegar; hence, crabbed, peevish, or ill-tempered.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Resembling vinegar; sour.
  • adjective Unamiable; morose.

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  • From Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution

    March 6, 2011