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subacid
[suhb-as-id]
adjective
slightly or moderately acid or sour.
a subacid fruit.
(of a person or a person's speech, temper, etc.) somewhat biting or sharp.
subacid
/ sʌbˈæsɪd, ˌsʌbəˈsɪdɪtɪ /
adjective
(esp of some fruits) moderately acid or sour
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- subacidity noun
- subacidly adverb
- subacidness noun
Example Sentences
Numberless are the jokes made about the Legion of Honour, yet none contain such subacid irony as this one.
Sapodilla, sap-Å-dil′a, n. a name given in the West Indies to the fruit of several species of Achras, the seeds aperient and diuretic, the pulp subacid and sweet.
“Good evening,†repeated Christina in a low, subacid voice, looking away into her bowl of sliced onions.
A variety of cherry known as the Kentish cherry, of a light red colour and fine subacid flavour, is much grown in Kent for drying and cooking purposes.
He chuckles with sly laughter—genial, sympathetic; he looses his arrow phosphorescent with wit, but not barbed, dipped in something subacid,—straight for the heart.
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