Etymology

acerbitude

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Today it means: Sourness and harshness; acerbity. Full definition →

Latin acerbitudo
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromacerbitudo
  2. English todayacerbitude

Learned borrowing from Latin acerbitudo, from acerbus (“bitter, severe”)

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