Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acerbity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acerbity \A*cerb"i*ty\, n. [F. acerbit['e], 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acerbity
n 1: a sharp bitterness
2: a sharp sour taste [syn: {tartness}]
3: a sharp and bitter manner [syn: {bitterness}, {acrimony}, {jaundice}]
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