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Definition of Acerbity
1. Noun. A sharp bitterness.
2. Noun. A sharp sour taste.
Generic synonyms: Acidity, Sour, Sourness
Derivative terms: Acerbate, Acerbic, Tart
3. Noun. A rough and bitter manner.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeableness
Derivative terms: Acerbate, Acerbic, Acrimonious, Bitter, Bitter, Jaundice, Tart
Definition of Acerbity
1. n. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
Definition of Acerbity
1. Noun. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. ¹
2. Noun. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, '''acerbity''' of temper, of language, of pain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acerbity
1. sourness [n -TIES] - See also: sourness
Medical Definition of Acerbity
1. 1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. 2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. Origin: F. Acerbite, L. Acerbitas, fr. Acerbus. See Acerb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acerbity
Literary usage of Acerbity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"And the acerbity of this punishment appears, in that those who were of any ...
As this death was most dolorous and full of acerbity, so was it also most ..."
2. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1896)
"Instead of the geniality, which is one of the native qualities of Luther, we find
an acerbity, which is felt more easily than described, and which, ..."
3. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"._ ^ which is one of the native qualities of Luther, we find an acerbity, which
is felt more easily than described, and which, more than anything else, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"All Mr. Dawson's works display much research, mixed with some acerbity. [DAWSON (HB)]
State Sovereignty. A Dialogue. Frankfort, Ky. 1862. ..."
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