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acidulous

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9 lettersPronunciation /əˈsɪdjʊləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acdilosuuStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. being sour to the taste

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin acidulus (“sourish, acidulous”), diminutive of acidus (“sour, acid”). See acid. By surface analysis, acid + -ule + -ous.

Used in a sentence

  • the hard, acidulous, metallic tincture of the spring
  • He talked with acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X.
  • acidulous mineral waters

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