vergallen
Meaning
- (dated, transitive) to make fish bitter by (accidentally) cutting its gall bladder during preparation
- (figuratively, transitive) to ruin something pleasurable
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Etymology
From gal (“gall, bile”) + ver- -en (factitive circumfix).
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