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acidity

noun
/əˈsɪd.ᵻ.ti/

Etymology

From French acidité, from Latin aciditātem, accusative singular of aciditās (“sourness, acidity”), from acidus (“sour, acid”). Equivalent to acid + -ity.

  1. derived from aciditātem
  2. derived from acidité

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being acid.

  2. Sourness

    Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.

    • the acidity of lemon juice
    • Empty stomachs lead to acidity and leave a sour taste in the mouth.

  3. Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.

      • "What shall we call it?" he asked. "Why should you not take the chance of perpetuating your own name?" said Summerlee, with his usual touch of acidity.
      • It was a brave, good speech, a speech from that staunch and strong spirit which lay behind all the acidities and angularities of the old zoologist.

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Derived

acidity function, acidity regulator, anacidity, Hammett acidity function, hyperacidity, hypoacidity, nonacidity, subacidity, superacidity

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at acidity

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