A*cerb"i*ty (#), n. [F. acerbit'e, L. acerbitas, fr. acerbus. See Acerb.]
1.
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
2.
Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.
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