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Definition of Acetose
1. Adjective. Tasting or smelling like vinegar.
Similar to: Sour
Derivative terms: Vinegarishness, Vinegariness
Definition of Acetose
1. a. Sour like vinegar; acetous.
Definition of Acetose
1. Adjective. Sour like vinegar; acetous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acetose
1. acetous [adj] - See also: acetous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetose
Literary usage of Acetose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Latin Technical Phlebotomy and Its Middle English Translation by Linda Ehrsam Voigts (1984)
"... acetose)—if so, in this case the sentence is not taking up another kind of
fever but is emphasizing that one lets blood for ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"The state ot being acetose ; or of containing sourness. ACETOUS, (a,-se'-tus) a.
Having the quality of vinegar ; sour. ACHE, (ake) lu s. A continued pain. ..."
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