acerbity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sharp bitterness
  2. noun a sharp sour taste
    tartness.
  3. noun a rough and bitter manner
    acrimony; tartness; bitterness; thorniness; jaundice.

WordNet

A*cerb"i*ty noun
Etymology
F. acerbité, L. acerbitas, fr. acerbus. See Acerb.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913