ACERBITY

ACERB'ITY, noun 1. A sourness, with roughness, or astringency.2. Figuratively, harshness or severity of temper in man.

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acerbity. Acerbity, n. a roughness, sourness, sharpness

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A‐cerb″i‐ty (�), n. [[F. acerbité, L. acerbitas, fr. acerbus. See Acerb.]] 1. 1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
2. 2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. Barrow.