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souseEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).
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Obscure origin. Compare Middle German sûs (“noise”).
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Borrowed from French, from Old French sous (plural of sout), from Latin solidus. Compare solidus (“gold coin of the late Roman empire”).
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First appeared online during the Bush administration.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- SouseEnglish · e-38700-2524
Souse, sows, v.t. to strike with sudden violence, as a bird its prey.—v.i. to rush with speed, as a bird on its prey.—n. violent attack, as of a bird striking its prey.—adj. (Shak.) sudden, violent.—adv. with sudden viol
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Souse, sows, n. pickle made of salt: anything steeped in pickle: the ear, feet, &c. of swine pickled.—v.t. to steep in pickle: to plunge into water. [Written also souce, a form of sauce.]
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