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Definition of Acerb
1. Adjective. Sour or bitter in taste.
Similar to: Sour
Derivative terms: Acerbity, Astringence, Astringency
2. Adjective. Harsh or corrosive in tone. "A vitriolic critique"
Similar to: Unpleasant
Derivative terms: Acerbity, Acridity, Acridness, Bitterness, Virulence, Virulency, Vitriol
Definition of Acerb
1. a. Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
Definition of Acerb
1. Adjective. Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit. ¹
2. Adjective. Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acerb
1. sour [adj ACERBER, ACERBEST] - See also: sour
Medical Definition of Acerb
1. Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh. Origin: L. Acerbus, fr. Acer sharp: cf. F. Acerbe. See Acrid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acerb
Literary usage of Acerb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1889)
"Mild in flavor, and often lacking in sprightliness, but a good eating plum and
nearly free from the bitter acerb skin so characteristic of our native ..."
2. Corpus scriptorum historiae byzantinae by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1831)
"... omni Styli acerb!täte, milis, urbanas, candidas, Ad id quod indecens est adeo
non pronus, ut nee movendus : Nugarum denique contemptor. *) In seqq. ..."
3. A Shorter Preparatory Course of Latin Prose: Consisting of Four Books of by Allen, Allen & Greenough (1875)
"(acerb-us), harshly, bitterly, with cruelty ... and wonts of similarity and
dissimilarity, than or as. acerb-us, a, urn, adj. (ac-uo), unripe, sour ; harsh, ..."
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