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Definition of Acidulousness
1. Noun. The taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth.
Definition of Acidulousness
1. Noun. A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acidulousness
Literary usage of Acidulousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"The astringency of the root of the dock is due to tannic acid, and the acidulousness
of the leaves to tartaric acid and the bin- oxalate of potash. ..."
2. Rudimentary Treatise on Clay Lands and Loamy Soils: Containing the Origin by John Donaldson (1852)
"... so as to produce a very sensible acidulousness, yet the effect is yielded of
a noxious acerbity which is detrimental to every kind of life. ..."