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語源

From 中期英語 aisel, aisille, aysel, from Old French aisil, from Vulgar Latin *acētillum, a diminutive of Latin acētum (“vinegar”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈeɪzəl/, /ˈiːzəl/
• 韻: -eɪzəl

名詞

eisel (uncountable)

1. (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?

アナグラム

• Elise, Elsie