tartness
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- tartnesse (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Middle English *tartnesse, from Old English teartnes (“sharpness, severity, asperity”), equivalent to tart + -ness.
Noun
[edit]tartness (countable and uncountable, plural tartnesses)
- The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste
- Synonyms: sourness, bitterness
Translations
[edit]characteristic of being tart
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