acridity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
acridity (countable and uncountable, plural acridities)
- Bitterness or acerbity.
- An acrid taste or smell.
- (figuratively) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness.
- 1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist[1]:
- She was not safe from the acridity of his tongue but at least she need not fear physical violence, which was well within the possibilities for others.