OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21966

astringent

/əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
astringente
Sharp, caustic, severe.
Philip, who was made Duke of Edinburgh on the couple’s wedding, introduced a new, less stuffy, though as the years went on occasionally astringent, tone to the royal family.
astringente
Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
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