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单词 acridness
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acridnessn.

Brit. /ˈakrᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈækrədnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acrid adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < acrid adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier acridity n.
The quality of being acrid; acridity.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > bitterness or acridity
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acridness1702
bitterishness1702
crabbedness1715
acerbitude1727
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bitterness-
1702 R. Pitt Craft Physick Expos'd 75 By their Acridness they are able to cleanse the Stomack from the Phlegm.
1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 29 The Water is a very gentle Carminative, without any Heat or Acridness.
1774 Preserver of Blood i. 42 Every humour, in proportion to its acridness, becomes more viscid, and consequently more inert.
1809 D. B. Warden tr. N. L. Vauquelin Anal. Prepared Tobacco 17 Apr. in T. Jefferson Papers (2004) Retirement Ser. I. 147 The taste was thus insupportable by its acridness.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxv. 415 Even when coming into slight contact with the outer, vapory shreds of the jet, which will often happen, your skin will feverishly smart, from the acridness of the thing so touching it.
1914 M. van Vorst Big Tremaine xxxvi. 331 And now that he was rich again, he could regard John without the acridness of the jealous poor.
1969 N. Amer. Rev. 254 41/2 Her body began to be soaked in sweat..[ellipsis in text] she could smell the acridness of her own body.
2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Dec. br16 I..winced at the acridness of too much soy sauce battling too much lemon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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