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sourness|ˈsaʊənɪs|
Also 1 surnes, 5–6 sowrenes, 5–7 -ness(e, sowernes(se, 5 sour-, 6 sourenes, 6–7 -nesse, etc.
[f. sour a.]
1. The quality of being physically sour; acidity, tartness.
c1050in Wr.-Wülcker 347 Acredinis, surnesse. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 195 An oynement maad of armoniac & with þe sournes of citri. 14..Contin. Brut ccxxiv. 292 Þe fruyte of þe erþe..were turned into more saltnes & sournes of sauour. 1532Tindale Exp. Matt. v–vii. (1550) 67 As thou couldest not se leuen though thou breakest vp a loffe, excepte thou smelledest and tastedeste the sourenesse. 1551Turner Herbal ii. 58 Unrype mulberries besyde theyr tartnes they haue also a sournes. 1605Timme Quersit. i. iv. 19 Sulphur..doth contemper the sharpness or sowerness of mercurie. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 215 He knew to..tame to Plumbs, the Sourness of the Sloes. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Malt-dust, Where the Grounds..have contracted a Sourness and Austerity. 1765Universal Mag. XXXVII. 371/2 Any little sournesses [of stomach] they may have. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 441 It has a slightly saltish taste, but no sourness. 1837P. Keith Bot. Lex. 6 They excite in the palate the sensation of sourness. 1864Hardwich's Phot. Chem. (ed. 7) 12 The characteristics of acids may be stated to be, intense sourness and corrosiveness.
2. The quality of being sour in temper, disposition, or looks.
1482Monk of Evesham xxx. (Arb.) 72 In thys that sche..in her herte hylde rancour and sowernes agenste hem, sche gretely offendyd. 1548Elyot, Tetricitas, sowernesse..of countinaunce. 1608Dod & Cleaver Expos. Prov. ix–x. 120 Let not our sourenesse and discontentment..be any meanes of their discouragement. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 69 The Millenaries..expect..that all sowernesse amongst Christians shall be absorpt of Charity. 1711Steele Spect. No. 2 ⁋1 This Humour creates him no Enemies, for he does nothing with Sourness or Obstinacy. 1779Cowper Let. 31 Oct., Some sourness in his temper. 1821Lamb Elia. i. Old Benchers Inner T., His look was uninviting, resembling (but without his sourness) that of our great philanthropist. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 44 Drink..will mellow the sourness of age. |