Acerbity Definition

ə-sûrbĭ-tē

acerbities

noun

acerbities

Sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone.

American Heritage

A sour, astringent quality.

Webster's New World

Sharpness, bitterness, or harshness of temper, words, etc.

Webster's New World

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

Wiktionary

Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.

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Other Word Forms of Acerbity

Singular:

acerbity

Plural:

acerbities

From French acerbité, from Latin acerbitās (“acerbity; harshness”), from acerbus (“bitter”). See acerb.

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