acerbity
pronunciation
How to pronounce acerbity in British English:
UK [ə'sɜ:bətɪ]
How to pronounce acerbity in American English:
US [ə'sɜbətɪ]
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- Noun:
- a sharp bitterness
- a sharp sour taste
- a sharp and bitter manner
Word Origin
- acerbity (n.)
- 1570s, from Middle French acerbité, from Latin acerbitatem (nominative acerbitas) "harshness, sharpness, bitterness," from acerbus "bitter to taste, sharp, sour, tart" (related to acer "sharp;" compare Latin superbus "haughty," from super "above"), from Proto-Italic *akro-po- "sharp," from PIE *ak- "sharp" (see acrid). Earliest use in English is figurative, of "sharp and bitter" persons. Of tastes, from 1610s.
Example
- 1. Common of acerbity branch wood weighs old annatto .
- 2. Rejoice really , the boss is not the sort of very acerbity person !
- 3. Without any consideration , arrived really in the mouth ate to say again , good taste is to be sufferred from again really acerbity , inarticulate is afflictive .
- 4. Aluminous acerbity accumulator zincic manganese dry cell .
- 5. Are depressed to treating a gender hard disease patient can incorporate cure of third defend acerbity salt .