adj.
- Unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell. See synonyms at bitter.
- Caustic in language or tone.
[From Latin ācer, sharp (probably modeled on ACID).]
acridity a·crid'i·ty (ə-krĭd'ĭ-tē) or ac'rid·ness n.acridly ac'rid·ly adv.
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