acridity
Example Sentences
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The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was acridity.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2021
The full acridity of the gas starts fumigating your buggy consciousness.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2012
The polish, the precision, the elaborate grace and subterranean acridity of Mr. Cabell's characteristic style have never been displayed to better advantage than in this, which is among the very bitterest of his books.
From Time Magazine Archive
The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
At this point in the investigation the writer was inclined to the opinion that the acridity of the Indian turnip and calla was due to the presence of an acrid principle.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various
