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 question of the absence of acridity in the other two plants still remained to be settled.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various
Fries and Curtis say that, "notwithstanding its intense acridity, it is edible when cooked."
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
