Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acridity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acridity \A*crid"i*ty\, Acridness \Ac"rid*ness\n.
The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness;
acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acridity
n 1: having an acrid smell [syn: {pungency}]
2: extreme bitterness: "the acridity of alkali" [syn: {acridness}]
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