ACRID

AC'RID, adjective [Latin accr.]Sharp; pungent; bitter; sharp or biting to the taste; acrimonious; as acrid salts.

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acrid. Acrid, a. of a hot biting taste, sharp, pungent

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Ac″rid (�), a. [[L. acer sharp; prob. assimilated in form to acid. See Eager.]] 1. 1. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
2. 2. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
3. 3. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.
Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.