Acerbity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Acerbity	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acerbity n a sharp bitterness a sharp sour taste Synonym(s): acerbity, tartness a rough and bitter manner Synonym(s): bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acerbity \Acerb"ity\, n. [F. acerbit[82], L. acerbitas, fr. acerbus. See {Acerb}.] 1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. 2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. --Barrow.