acidulous

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin acidulus (“sourish, acidulous”), diminutive of acidus (“acid, sour”). See acid.

Adjective

acidulous

1. Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish.
   • (Can we date this quote by Edmund Burke and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     an acidulous tincture

2. (figurative) Sharp; caustic.
   • 1931, William Somerset Maugham, His Excellency

     He talked with acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X.

3. Containing carbonic acid.

   acidulous mineral waters

Translations

slightly sour

• Bulgarian: възкисел (vǎzkisel)
• French: acidulé (fr) m, acidulée (fr) f
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• Latin: acidulus
• Portuguese: acídulo (pt)