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acescent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈsiːsənt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acēscēns, acēscentis, present participle of acēscēre (“to turn sour”), inchoative of acēre (“to be sour”): compare French acescent.

Meanings

1. Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
   • All kinds of malt liquor contain […] alcohol or spirit. They are of course weaker than wines, and in general more liable to become flat and acescent from this circumstance […] 1821, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on the Art of Brewing, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, page 10:
   • The fluid was a pale yellow , thick , creamy - looking substance , of uniform consistency . It had a disagreeable acescent odour, something resembling that of putrecsent milk. 1826, Michael Faraday, “On Pure Caoutchouc, and the Substance by which it is accompanied in the State of Sap or Juice”, in Quarterly Journal of Science:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most acescent	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more acescent	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Translations (5)

bg вки́снат (turning sour) · fi happaneva (turning sour) · fi happamahko (turning sour) · pt acescente (turning sour) · fr acescent (turning sour)

acescent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈsiːsənt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acēscēns, acēscentis, present participle of acēscēre (“to turn sour”), inchoative of acēre (“to be sour”): compare French acescent.

Meanings

1. A substance liable to become sour.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
acescents	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (4)

fr acescent (a substance liable to become sour) · la acescens (a substance liable to become sour) · la acescentis (a substance liable to become sour) · fi hapantuva aine (a substance liable to become sour)