a. [It. agro sour, dolce sweet. Cf. piano-forte, chiar-oscuro.] Sour and sweet blended together; = AIGRE-DOUX.
1845. Ford, Handbk. Spain, I. i. 46. In Spain, as Sappho says, Love is … an alternation of the agro-dolce.
1854. Badham, Halieutics, 62. Agrodolce, as its name imports, is a blending of sweets and sours, and is made by stewing in a rich gravy, prunes, Corinth currants, almonds, pine-kernels, raisins, vinegar and wine.
