Etymology

acerbity

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Today it means: Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. Full definition →

French acerbité ← Latin acerbitās
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  1. Latin · derived fromacerbitās“acerbity; harshness”
  2. French · borrowed fromacerbité
  3. English todayacerbity

Borrowed from French acerbité, from Latin acerbitās (“acerbity; harshness”), from acerbus (“bitter”). See acerb.

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