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acidity [əˈsɪdɪtɪ] n pl -ties
1. the quality or state of being acid 2. (Chemistry) the amount of acid present in a solution, often expressed in terms of pH 3. (Medicine / Pathology) another name for hyperacidity ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
acidity noun 1. sourness, bitterness, sharpness, pungency, tartness, acerbity, acridness, acidulousness, acridity, vinegariness, vinegarishness a wine with ripe acidity 2. sharpness, bitterness, harshness, pungency, acerbity, trenchancy, hurtfulness, causticity, mordancy, acridness, acridity, causticness the acidity of her remarks Translations acidity How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "Very likely," says the doctor: "I have known people eat in a fever; and it is very easily accounted for; because the acidity occasioned by the febrile matter may stimulate the nerves of the diaphragm, and thereby occasion a craving which will not be easily distinguishable from a natural appetite; but the aliment will not be concreted, nor assimilated into chyle, and so will corrode the vascular orifices, and thus will aggravate the febrific symptoms. characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. "Oh, Rita," she repeated with unexpected acidity, which somehow made me feel guilty of an incredible breach of good manners. |
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