oversour

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English oversour, equivalent to over- +‎ sour.

Adjective[edit]

oversour (comparative more oversour, superlative most oversour)

  1. Overly or excessively sour; too sour.
    • 1903, Monthly Bulletin, volumes 3-4, page 24:
      Let milk become oversour and observe odors of decomposition.

Verb[edit]

oversour (third-person singular simple present oversours, present participle oversouring, simple past and past participle oversoured)

  1. (intransitive) To become too sour.
    • 1914, John Michels, Creamery Butter-making, page 85:
      On warm days the milk might oversour, while on cooler days it would be found comparatively sweet unless a good deal of attention was given to keeping the temperature where it would sour in the proper length of time.