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Definition of Tangy
1. Adjective. Tasting sour like a lemon.
Similar to: Sour
Derivative terms: Lemon, Lemon, Tang, Tanginess, Tartness, Tartness
Definition of Tangy
1. Adjective. having a sour, acidic or citrus taste ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tangy
1. pungent [adj TANGIER, TANGIEST] - See also: pungent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangy
Literary usage of Tangy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Monograph of the Post-Tertiary Entomostraca of Scotland Including Species by George Stewardson Brady, Henry William Crosskey, David Robertson (1874)
"tangy GLEN, NEAR CAMPBELTOWN. In tangy Glen, about six miles from Campbeltown on
the road to Tarbert, about. 300 yards up the little stream, ..."
2. The Great Ice Age: And Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1877)
"Caithness, in boulder clay ; Cumbrae College, Duntroon ; Old Mains, Renfrew ;
Paisley ; tangy Glen, near Campbeltown; Kilchattan Tile-work, Bute. ..."
3. The Great Ice Age: And Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1874)
"Caithness, in boulder clay ; Cumbrae College; Duntroon ; Old Mains, Renfrew ;
Paisley ; tangy Glen, near Campbeltown ; Kilchattan Tile-work, Bute. ..."
4. Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus by Albert Ensign Church (1850)
"cosy ' tangy R Making y = 0, cos y becomes R, and we have for the limit of the
j > ratio (1), *-$-"• and since — cannot exceed unity, nor be less than f_, ..."
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