acerbity.
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
Meaning & usage
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
Harshness, bitterness, or severity.
acerbity of temper, of language, of pain
Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French acerbité, from Latin acerbitās (“acerbity; harshness”), from acerbus (“bitter”). See acerb.
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