| 单词 |
acritude |
| 释义 |
† ˈacritude Obs. rare. [ad. L. acritūdo sharpness, f. acri-s sharp; see -tude.] Sharpness or pungency of taste; pungency mixed with heat or biting quality; = acridity.
1675Grew Plants, Lect. vi. i. (1682) 281 Acritude is Pungency joyned with Heat. 1681― Museum iii. 341 In green vitriol, with its astringent and sweetish Tasts, is joyn'd some Acritude. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Acrid, The characteristic therefore of Acritude consists in pungency joined with heat. 1773in Johnson. |

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