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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Acridity

· A·crid·i·ty · IPA
01 n. The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
  1. 1.
    The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
  2. 2.
    having an acrid smell.
Syn. acridnessSyn. -- pungency