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acerbity.

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

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əˈsɜːbɪti/UK/əˈsɝbɪti/Canada, US[əˈsɝbɪɾi]Canada, US/əˈsɜːbɪti/Australia
  1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
    acerbity of temper, of language, of pain
  3. Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).

    countable
Where this word comes from

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

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