"acidulous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈsɪdjʊləs/, /əˈsɪd͡ʒələs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acidulous.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin acidulus (“sourish, acidulous”), diminutive of acidus (“sour, acid”). See acid. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|acidulus|t=sourish, acidulous}} Learned borrowing from Latin acidulus (“sourish, acidulous”), {{m|la|acidus|t=sour, acid}} acidus (“sour, acid”), {{m|en|acid}} acid Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} acidulous
  1. Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish. Translations (slightly sour): възкисел (vǎzkisel) (Bulgarian), acidulé [masculine] (French), acidulée [feminine] (French), acídulo (Galician), säuerlich (German), acidulus (Latin), syrlig (Norwegian Bokmål), syrleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), مایخوش (mayhoş) (Ottoman Turkish), acídulo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-acidulous-en-adj-YpHRpsXQ Disambiguation of 'slightly sour': 100 0 0
  2. (figurative) Sharp; caustic. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-acidulous-en-adj-XenFI-5B
  3. Containing carbonic acid.
    Sense id: en-acidulous-en-adj-3vuyHFi~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 11 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acidulously, acidulousness, nonacidulous, subacidulous

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