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A'crid. adj. [acer, Lat.] Of a hot biting taste; bitter; so as to leave a painful heat upon the organs of taste.

Bitter and acrid differ only by the sharp particles of the first, being involved in a greater quantity of oil than those of the last. Arbuthnot on Aliments.

Sources: Arbuthnot, John (227)

Attributes: Adjective (426) · Latin (690)

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