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Acetous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or producing acetic acid or vinegar.

adj. Having an acetic taste; sour-tasting.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having a sour taste; sour; acid.

adj. Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having a sour taste; sour; acid.

adj. Causing, or connected with, acetification.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having a sour taste; vinegary. Boyle. Also written acetose.

Of or pertaining to vinegar; causing or connected with acetification.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. tasting or smelling like vinegar

Word Usage

"Having known Miss Hamilton for most of his life, he told Hay he had watched her pass from “the sweetness of natural womanhood … through the acetous fermentation of belated virginity into the hard cider of middle age.”"

Equivalent

sour

Cross Reference

acetous fermentation acetous acid

Form

acetous acid

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sour acid

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

putrefactive fermentative enteric spirituous rumen carbonic acid well-flavored lactic fermentation twenty-two-year-old