eisel
See also: Eisel
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English aisel, aisille, aysel, from Old French aisil, from Vulgar Latin *acētillum, a diminutive of Latin acētum (“vinegar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪzəl/, /ˈiːzəl/
- Rhymes: -eɪzəl
Noun
eisel (uncountable)
- (obsolete) vinegar, verjuice
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Woul't drink up eisel, eat a crocodile?