tartness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
    sour; sourness.
  2. noun a sharp sour taste
    acerbity.
  3. noun a rough and bitter manner
    acrimony; bitterness; acerbity; thorniness; jaundice.

WordNet


Tart"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being tart. Syn. -- Acrimony; sourness; keenness; poignancy; severity; asperity; acerbity; harshness. See Acrimony.

Webster 1913