acidulous

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈsɪdjʊləs/, /əˈsɪdʒələs/

Adjective

1. Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish.

   • an acidulous tincture

2. (figurative) Sharp; caustic.
   • 1931, William Somerset Maugham, His Excellency

     He talked with acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X.

3. Containing carbonic acid.

   acidulous mineral waters

Translations

• French: acidulé, acidulée
• German: säuerlich
• Portuguese: acídulo

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