acid

adjbitter, sour in taste

adjhaving acidic, corrosive properties
adjbitter in words or behavior
nounlysergic acid diethylamide, lsd

Word Origin & History

1620s, "of the taste of vinegar," from French acide (16c.) or directly from Latin acidus "sour, sharp," adjective of state from acere "to be sour," from PIE root *ak- "sharp, pointed" (see acrid). Figurative use from 1775; applied to intense colors from 1916. Acid test is American English, 1892, from the frontier days, when gold was distinguished from similar metals by application of nitric acid. Acid rain is first recorded 1859 in reference to England.

Example Sentences for acid

It is produced by the action of zinc-dust on the acid sulphite of soda.

Of acid it would take 60 times the weight of the gas, or nearly 76 tons.

"Very nice," said Cleopatra, trying with all her over-amuleted heart, not to be acid.

The lead salts not soluble in ether were decomposed by acid.

Father was workin' on the acid, that's 'ow he got 'is pisoned-leg.

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