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acescency|əˈsɛsənsɪ| [f. acescent, after nouns in -ncy, ad. L. -ntia; see -ncy.] The quality or state of being acescent, or of turning sour; tendency to sourness; incipient or slight acidity.
1756C. Lucas Ess. on Waters III. 333 [It is] from an acrimony, not acescency, of the juices. 1776Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (1796) III. 710 The leaves, put into sour beer, soon destroy the acescency. 1838Life of Wilberforce 465 All sweetness without the slightest acescency. |