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acerbate

adj
/ˈa.sə.beɪt/UK/ˈæ.səɹˌbeɪt/US

Etymology

From Latin acerbātus, perfect passive participle of acerbō (“make bitter”), from acerbus (“bitter”).

  1. derived from acerbātus

Definitions

  1. Embittered

    Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.

  2. To exasperate

    To exasperate; to irritate.

    • Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory.

  3. To make bitter or sour.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at acerbate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at acerbate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at acerbate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA