Definition of Acidulousness

1. Noun. The taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth.

Exact synonyms: Acidity
Generic synonyms: Sour, Sourness, Tartness
Derivative terms: Acidulous

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

acidotically
acidproof
acids
acidulant
acidulants
acidulate
acidulated
acidulated phosphate fluoride
acidulates
acidulating
acidulation
acidulations
acidulent
acidulous
acidulously
acidulousness (current term)
aciduria
acidurias
aciduric
acidy
acidyl
acierage
acierages
acierate
acierated
acierates
acierating
acieration
acies
acifluorfen

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. ..."

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