Meaning of ACRIDITY
| Pronunciation: | | u'kriditee
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- [n] extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"
- [n] having an acrid smell
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| | Synonyms: | | acridness, pungency |
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| | See Also: | | bitter, bitterness, odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A*crid"i*ty\, Acridness \Ac"rid*ness\n.
The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness;
acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
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| | Related Terms: | | acerbity, acidity, acidness, acidulousness, acridness, acrimony, acuity, acumination, acuteness, asperity, astringence, astringency, bite, bitingness, bitter pill, bitterness, causticity, causticness, corrosiveness, cuttingness, edge, fierceness, gall, gall and wormwood, grip, harshness, incisiveness, keenness, mordacity, mordancy, mucronation, piercingness, piquancy, poignancy, point, pointedness, prickliness, pungency, rigor, roughness, severity, sharpness, sourness, spinosity, stabbingness, sting, stridency, stringency, tartness, teeth, thorniness, trenchancy, vehemence, violence, virulence |
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