sourness en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English sowrenesse, sournesse, from Old English sūrnes (“sourness”), equivalent to sour + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The condition or quality of being sour.
Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure, and serious, even to sourness, in her aspect.
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 226:[O]ur Tympanouſe ſtatiſts / (In their affected grauitie of voice, / Sovverneſſe of countenance, maners crueltie, / Authoritie, vvealth, and all the ſpavvne of Fortune) / Thinke they beare all the kingdomes vvorth before them; […]
1603–1604 (date written), [George Chapman], Bussy D’Ambois: A Tragedie: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for William Aspley, published 1607, →OCLC, Act I, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sournesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
sourness · sharpness · acetosity · austerity · acerbitude · acidness · acerbity · acidity · tartness · austereness
Translations (30)
la acor (condition or quality of being sour) · es acidez (of a person’s temperament) · nl zerpte (condition or quality of being sour) · el ξινίλα (condition or quality of being sour) · cmn 酸味 (condition or quality of being sour) · el δυστροπία (of a person’s temperament) · es acidez (condition or quality of being sour) · tr ekşilik (condition or quality of being sour) · ca acidesa (condition or quality of being sour) · el στρυφνότητα (of a person’s temperament) · la aciditas (condition or quality of being sour) · he חֲמִיצוּת (condition or quality of being sour) · ilo alsem (condition or quality of being sour) · ota اكشیلك (condition or quality of being sour) · el αγουράδα (condition or quality of being sour) · am ጐምዛዛነት (condition or quality of being sour) · nl zuurte (condition or quality of being sour) · ko 산미 (condition or quality of being sour) · es acedía (condition or quality of being sour) · el αγουρίλα (condition or quality of being sour) · ang sūrnes (condition or quality of being sour) · tl kaasiman (condition or quality of being sour) · ca agror (condition or quality of being sour) · tl asim (condition or quality of being sour) · ko 신맛 (condition or quality of being sour) · grc στρυφνότης (condition or quality of being sour) · es acritud (of a person’s temperament) · ka სიმჟავე (condition or quality of being sour) · tl pagkaasim (condition or quality of being sour) · fi happamuus (condition or quality of being sour)