"acridity" meaning in All languages combined

See acridity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-acridity.wav Forms: acridities [plural]
Etymology: From acrid + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|acrid|ity}} acrid + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acridity (countable and uncountable, plural acridities)
  1. Bitterness or acerbity. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acridity-en-noun-22uRWcP~
  2. An acrid taste or smell. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Smell, Taste
    Sense id: en-acridity-en-noun-KUV6dMvZ Disambiguation of Smell: 16 74 10 Disambiguation of Taste: 26 49 24
  3. (figurative) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acridity-en-noun-06zdzhfS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 8 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 26 15 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 13 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: acridness

Inflected forms

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