acridity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun having an acrid smell
  2. noun extreme bitterness
    acridness.
    • the acridity of alkali
  3. noun the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
    acridness.

WordNet

A*crid"i*ty, Ac"rid*ness noun (Also<
  • Acridity
  • Acridness
)
Definitions
  1. The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

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