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† ˈacrious, a. Obs.
[f. L. ācri-s pungent (f. root ac- sharp, in ac-id, ac-ute) + -ous, as in alacri-ous, hilari-ous, etc. The earliest adaptation of L. acris, mod.Fr. âcre, attempted in Eng. (Grew, in 1675, used the L. acris unchanged.) Superseded by the irregularly formed acrid.]
= acrid.
1675Grew Plants, Lect. vi. i. (1682) 281 Acris is also compounded. For first, simply Hot, it is not; because there are many Hot Bodies which are not Acria..Nor secondly, it is simply Pungent. 1682Weekly Mem. 238 Catharticks, and whatsoever is acrious, being hurtful. 1689in Phil. Trans. XVI. 552 In the Gout the humour likewise is of a different Nature; sometimes Acid, or Saline, and sometimes Acrious. 1694Ibid. XVIII. 34 The Acrious Particles of which it consists. |