tartnessn.

/ˈtɑːtnɪs/

Etymology: Old English teartnysse : see tart adj. and -ness suffix.

The quality of being tart.

†1. Severity; painfulness. Obsolete. (In later quots. figurative from 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [noun]

tartnessc1000

asperity?c1225

hardship?c1225

smartness1340

duressc1400

straitnessc1460

hardlaikc1540

severeness1579

sorenessa1586

grievousness1611

severity1835

sting1860

the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [noun] > severity or acuteness

tartnessc1000

hardship?c1225

smartness1340

sharpnessa1400

gripea1547

pungency1649

severity1835

c1000 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 85/3158 Acerbitatem, teartnesse.

a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 61 The sweetnesse of comfort..if it bee alaied with some tartnesse of the Law.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. x. 24) Sweeten me the tartness of all our sufferings with this sentence, as with so much sugar.

2. Sharpness of taste; †pungency (obsolete); acidity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun]

sharpnessc1000

sournessc1050

sourheada1400

eagerness?a1425

verdure1508

tartness1530

acetosity1599

acidity1615

sourfulness1617

tetricity1623

tetritude1656

tartarousness1657

acidness1660

sourishness1670

fieriness1675

acescency1756

1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. vii. sig. f3^v The temperate eyer..wyll..vapour out the tartnes and sowernes of that humour.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Acrimonia, tartnes, which biteth the tunge, and perceth the heed, as in the taste of garlyke, oynions, and other lyke thynges.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 58^v Vnrype mulberries besyde theyr tartnes they haue also a sournes.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. vii. 1035 Acidity or tartnesse is also so in verjuice.

1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. i. 501 The juice had an agreeable tartness, though but little flavour.

3. figurative. Sharpness of disposition, language, etc.; biting or caustic manner or character; acerbity, pungency, acrimony, asperity of tone.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun]

gallc1175

sourness1482

fellc1494

acerbitya1538

tartness1548

acrimony1597

verjuice1598

vinegara1616

acidness1660

asperity1664

thorniness1674

acidity1687

acerbitude1727

acridity1753

vitriol1769

souredness1858

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun] > sourness or bitterness of speech

tartness1548

acrimony1597

acridity1753

subacidity1770

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ix. 67 Which with the tartenesse of truth byteth awaye.

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 13^v The bitternes of rebukes, and..the tartnesse of euery taunt.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iv. 17 The tartnesse of his face, sowres ripe Grapes.

1709 T. Hearne Diary in Rem. (O.H.S.) II. 196 The Plowman's Tale... If it were Chaucer's, it was left perhaps out of his Canterbury Tales, for y^e Tartness against the Popish Clergy.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xliv. 72 I told him with some tartness,..he might have chosen a more convenient opportunity.

1866 London Rev. 3 Mar. 242/1 Lord Russell with a good deal of tartness declared that before February was out the Bill should be before the house.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	tartness
释义	tartnessn. /ˈtɑːtnɪs/ Etymology: Old English teartnysse : see tart adj. and -ness suffix. The quality of being tart. †1. Severity; painfulness. Obsolete. (In later quots. figurative from 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [noun] tartnessc1000 asperity?c1225 hardship?c1225 smartness1340 duressc1400 straitnessc1460 hardlaikc1540 severeness1579 sorenessa1586 grievousness1611 severity1835 sting1860 the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [noun] > severity or acuteness tartnessc1000 hardship?c1225 smartness1340 sharpnessa1400 gripea1547 pungency1649 severity1835 c1000 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 85/3158 Acerbitatem, teartnesse. a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 61 The sweetnesse of comfort..if it bee alaied with some tartnesse of the Law. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. x. 24) Sweeten me the tartness of all our sufferings with this sentence, as with so much sugar. 2. Sharpness of taste; †pungency (obsolete); acidity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] sharpnessc1000 sournessc1050 sourheada1400 eagerness?a1425 verdure1508 tartness1530 acetosity1599 acidity1615 sourfulness1617 tetricity1623 tetritude1656 tartarousness1657 acidness1660 sourishness1670 fieriness1675 acescency1756 1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory iii. vii. sig. f3^v The temperate eyer..wyll..vapour out the tartnes and sowernes of that humour. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Acrimonia, tartnes, which biteth the tunge, and perceth the heed, as in the taste of garlyke, oynions, and other lyke thynges. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 58^v Vnrype mulberries besyde theyr tartnes they haue also a sournes. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. vii. 1035 Acidity or tartnesse is also so in verjuice. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. i. 501 The juice had an agreeable tartness, though but little flavour. 3. figurative. Sharpness of disposition, language, etc.; biting or caustic manner or character; acerbity, pungency, acrimony, asperity of tone. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun] gallc1175 sourness1482 fellc1494 acerbitya1538 tartness1548 acrimony1597 verjuice1598 vinegara1616 acidness1660 asperity1664 thorniness1674 acidity1687 acerbitude1727 acridity1753 vitriol1769 souredness1858 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [noun] > sourness or bitterness of speech tartness1548 acrimony1597 acridity1753 subacidity1770 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ix. 67 Which with the tartenesse of truth byteth awaye. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 13^v The bitternes of rebukes, and..the tartnesse of euery taunt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iv. 17 The tartnesse of his face, sowres ripe Grapes. View more context for this quotation 1709 T. Hearne Diary in Rem. (O.H.S.) II. 196 The Plowman's Tale... If it were Chaucer's, it was left perhaps out of his Canterbury Tales, for y^e Tartness against the Popish Clergy. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xliv. 72 I told him with some tartness,..he might have chosen a more convenient opportunity. 1866 London Rev. 3 Mar. 242/1 Lord Russell with a good deal of tartness declared that before February was out the Bill should be before the house. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.c1000
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