sourish

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Duke Vincentio finally returns to square these various accounts, "measure for measure," and give this sourish play an ambiguously happy ending.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gerald’s face struggled into a sourish smile, and he bowed ironical thanks for the compliment.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Boniclapper is milk which has stood till it has acquired a pleasant sourish taste, and a thick slippery substance.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

The great burdock leaves, heated by the sun, discharged a strong sourish odor, and the child felt it to be something that would never change.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

So after a bed has been slept in for four or five nights, if it has not been 6thrown well open in the morning, it begins to have a stuffy, foul, sourish smell.

From The Child's Day by Hutchinson, Woods