The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acritude
Acritude \Ac"ri*tude\, n. [L. acritudo, from acer sharp.] Acridity; pungency joined with heat. [Obs.]
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acritude
n. acridity; pungency combined with heat.
Usage examples of "acritude".
Who would not give back the luscious pear and peach to their native acritude, rather than subject the highest forms of vegetable life to such irreverence?