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Acridness definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AC'RIDNESS, n. A sharp, bitter, pungent quality.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali" [syn: acridity, acridness]
2: the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone [syn: acridity, acridness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see acrid

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Acridity A*crid"i*ty, Acridness Ac"rid*nessn. The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Acridity, sharpness, pungency, poignancy. 2. Severity, harshness, hardness. See acrimony, 2.