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acerbity

Meaningbitterness

Common meaning: sharpness of manner or taste

Journey through time

  1. Latinacerbitas‘bitterness’source
  2. Frenchacerbité‘bitterness’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsbitterness → sharpness of manner or tasteacerbity‘sharpness of manner or taste’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin acerbitas ‘bitterness’.

Roots

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