"sourness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sournesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sowrenesse, sournesse, from Old English sūrnes (“sourness”), equivalent to sour + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sowrenesse}} Middle English sowrenesse, {{m|enm|sournesse}} sournesse, {{inh|en|ang|sūrnes|t=sourness}} Old English sūrnes (“sourness”), {{af|en|sour|-ness}} sour + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sourness (countable and uncountable, plural sournesses)
  1. The quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Taste Synonyms: acerbitude [archaic], acerbity, acetosity, acidity, acidness, austereness, austerity [obsolete], sharpness, sourness, tartness Hypernyms: flavour Hyponyms: acescence Holonyms: five basic tastes Related terms: sour Translations (quality or condition): στρυφνότης (struphnótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), agror [feminine] (Catalan), zuurte [feminine] (Dutch), zerpte [feminine] (Dutch), happamuus (Finnish), სიმჟავე (simžave) (Georgian), αγουρίλα (agouríla) [feminine] (Greek), αγουράδα (agouráda) [feminine] (Greek), ξινίλα (xiníla) [feminine] (Greek), alsem (Ilocano), 신맛 (sinmat) (Korean), 산미 (sanmi) (Korean), acor [masculine] (Latin), aciditas [feminine] (Latin), sūrnes [feminine] (Old English), kaasiman (Tagalog), asim (Tagalog), pagkaasim (Tagalog) Translations (said of human personalities): στρυφνότητα (stryfnótita) [feminine] (Greek), δυστροπία (dystropía) [feminine] (Greek)

Inflected forms

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