vert sauce
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ver sauce, vertesaus, verde sawse, vertsaus, vertesause, verd-sawse, vert sawse
- (influenced by vergeous) verge sauce, vergesauce, vergesawce
Etymology
From vert + sauce. Compare vergeous, which some forms are influenced by.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌvɛrtˈsau̯s(ə)/, /ˌvɛrdʒˈsau̯s(ə)/
Noun
vert sauce (uncountable)
- A kind of green-coloured sauce incorporating wine and herbs.
References
- “vert-sauce, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “verge-sauce, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.