"acridity" meaning in All languages combined

See acridity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-acridity.wav [US] Forms: acridities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English acrid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English acridity From acrid + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|acrid|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English acrid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English acridity [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "acridity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="acridity"> From acrid + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acridity (countable and uncountable, plural acridities)
  1. Bitterness or acerbity. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. An acrid taste or smell. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acridity-en-noun-KUV6dMvZ Categories (other): Smell, Taste Disambiguation of Smell: 1 97 2 Disambiguation of Taste: 0 100 0
  3. (figurative) Bitterness in speech or behavior; causticness. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acridity-en-noun-kSM12a~X Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 9 14 77 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 10 14 76 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 10 14 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 14 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 31 26 43 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 19 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 13 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 10 85 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 4 13 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: acridness

Inflected forms

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