acidulent

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adjective

Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveacidulent (comparative more acidulent, superlative most acidulent)

comparative more acidulent · superlative most acidulent

  1. Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.

    with anxious, acidulent face

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IV, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (Death of Louis XV), page 25

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebeing sour to the taste

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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