Acridity

Acridity
Acridity A*crid"i*ty, Acridness Ac"rid*ness . The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

Syn: acridness [1913 Webster]

2. having an acrid smell.

Syn: pungency [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • acridity — noun see acrid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • acridity — acrid·i·ty …   English syllables

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