Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste. · Causing heat and irritation. · Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
From Latin ācris, from ācer (“sharp”); probably assimilated in form to acid. Compare eager.
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