OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 5671

acerb

/əˈsɜːb/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
acerbo
Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
If you put Spirit of Sulphur to the Peruvian Bark, it then becomes very acerb. If you mix Mercury with Spirit of Nitre or Oil of Vitriol whilst it boils, it then is very acerb.
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