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English word sourpuss comes from English sour, English puss

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sour (English)

(intransitive) To become disenchanted.. (intransitive) To become sour.. (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.. (transitive) To make sour.. (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar. (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.. (of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.. (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.. [...]

puss (English)

(dated, hunting) A hare.. (informal) A cat.. (vulgar, slang) The vulva (female genitalia).. (vulgar, slang, chiefly, _, North America) A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for him- or herself.. A girl or young woman. (slang) The mouth.

sourpuss (English)

A person who is habitually gloomy, sullen or miserable; a grouch.

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