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acerb, a.|əˈsɜːb|
[ad. L. acerb-us harsh to the taste; cf. mod.Fr. acerbe.]
Sour, with an addition of bitterness or astringency, as unripe fruit; also fig. sharp and harsh.
1657Phys. Dict., Acerb, sowr or sharp. 1661R. Lovell Anim. & Min., Some are austere and acerb..as rosted quinces, wardens, services. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., Physicians usually make Acerb an intermediate savour between acid, austere, and bitter. 1766Lee in Phil. Trans. LVI. 96 Three drams of a gummy substance intensely bitter and acerb. 1873Mrs. Whitney Other Girls (1876) xviii. 241 A kindlier touch to her antitheses than pertained to those of that acerb damsel. |