Definition of "acridity" [a•crid•i•ty]

• Bitterness or acerbity (noun)
• An acrid taste or smell. (noun)

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• "In heating the Indian turnip and other corms, it was found that the heat applied must be sufficient to change the character of the starch or the so-called acridity was not destroyed."
• "The work artfully juxtaposes two complex, quasi-symphonic percussion instruments piano and gamelan ensemble, East and West each making fluent-sounding attempts at adopting the accent of the other, with the piano's unusual tuning giving a quirky tinge to its tones, a slight acridity to would-be octaves."
• "The pope, without violence or acridity seems to be saying: You too are called to discover Christ and to enter into the Church, if you so desire."