eisel

vinegar, verjuice

Noun

  1. vinegar, verjuice
    • Woul't drink up eisel, eat a crocodile? - c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio),...

Origin

From Middle English aisel, aisille, aysel, from Old French aisil, from Vulgar Latin *acētillum, a diminutive of Latin acētum (“vinegar”).

Forms

eisell