acescentadj.n.

1707 J. Drake Anthropol. Nova I. i. xiv. 162 Those that plead for these Acescent Remains of Chyle thought themselves sufficiently warranted by the Plicæ or Folds of the inner Coat of the Stomach to suppose a residue of some kind or other, and which they..expected shou'd turn Sower.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments p.xxii Substances which are not perfectly Acid, but naturally turn so, I call Acescent.

1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane ii. 74 The rich juice that circled in their veins, Acescent, watery, poor, unwholesome tastes.

c1816 W. Wilberforce in R. I. Wilberforce & S. Wilberforce Life W. Wilberforce (1838) IV. xxxi. 305 Their feelings cannot but be wounded and acescent.

1826 M. Faraday Exper. Res. xxxi. 174 A disagreeable acescent odour something resembling that of putrescent milk.

1859 E. G. Storke Domest. & Rural Affairs 129 Oranges, apples, and other acescent fruits.

1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. ix. 359 Most fruits were held to be ‘acescent’ and therefore helpful in counteracting the alkaline properties of meat, cheese, eggs and other ‘alkalescent’ foods.

1999 Rev. Contemp. Fiction (Nexis) 22 June 12 We received an avalanche of mail, containing several letters from prominent feminists, and another acescent and incognito fax.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments viii. 99 A Mixture of Animal Diet qualify'd with a sufficient Quantity of Acescents, as Bread, Vinegar, and fermented Liquors.

1800 Edinb. Pract. Med. & Surg. 364 It is in more advanced stages only that any morbid acidity seems to prevail in the stomach, and to require some reserve in the use of acescents.