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astringence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/əˈstɹɪndʒ.əns/ (UK)

Etymology

From astringent + -ce.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) An astringent taste.
- 2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1239: “Good For Him, Really” I know I’m probably the laughingstock of this establishment, but I have to ask anyway, if only to feel the cleansing astringence of rejection.
(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of astringency (“the quality of being astringent”).
alt of astringency

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
astringences	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Relateds

astringency · astringent

Translations (4)

fr astringence (astringent taste) · ca astringència (astringent taste) · mk опора (astringent taste) · es astringencia (astringent taste)