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Acridity

Acridity Meaning & Definition
Acridity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acridity?

[n] extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"
[n] having an acrid smell

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acridity: acridness | pungency

Related Terms | Find terms related to Acridity: acerbity | acidity | acidness | acidulousness | acridness | acrimony | acuity | acumination | acuteness | asperity | astringence | astringency | bite | bitingness | bitter pill | bitterness | causticity | causticness | corrosiveness | cuttingness | edge | fierceness | gall | gall and wormwood | grip | harshness | incisiveness | keenness | mordacity | mordancy | mucronation | piercingness | piquancy | poignancy | point | pointedness | prickliness | pungency | rigor | roughness | severity | sharpness | sourness | spinosity | stabbingness | sting | stridency | stringency | tartness | teeth | thorniness | trenchancy | vehemence | violence | virulence

See Also | bitter | bitterness | odor | odour | olfactory perception | olfactory sensation | smell

Acridity In Webster's Dictionary

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

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