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subacid

[ suhb-as-id ]

adjective

  1. slightly or moderately acid or sour:

    a subacid fruit.

  2. (of a person or a person's speech, temper, etc.) somewhat biting or sharp.


subacid

/ sʌbˈæsɪd; ˌsʌbəˈsɪdɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. (esp of some fruits) moderately acid or sour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • subacidity, noun
  • ܲˈ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ····ٲ [suhb-, uh, -, sid, -i-tee], ܲ·i·Ա noun
  • ܲ·i· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of subacid1

First recorded in 1660–70; sub- + acid
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Example Sentences

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Numberless are the jokes made about the Legion of Honour, yet none contain such subacid irony as this one.

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Sapodilla, sap-ō-dil′a, n. a name given in the West Indies to the fruit of several species of Achras, the seeds aperient and diuretic, the pulp subacid and sweet.

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“Good evening,” repeated Christina in a low, subacid voice, looking away into her bowl of sliced onions.

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A variety of cherry known as the Kentish cherry, of a light red colour and fine subacid flavour, is much grown in Kent for drying and cooking purposes.

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He chuckles with sly laughter—genial, sympathetic; he looses his arrow phosphorescent with wit, but not barbed, dipped in something subacid,—straight for the heart.

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