English
Etymology
Latin acidulus, diminutive of acidus. See Acid.
Adjective
acidulous
- Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as an acidulous tincture - Edmund Burke
Quotations
1931: He talked with acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X. -- w:William Somerset Maugham|W. Somerset Maugham, His Excellency
Translations
French: acidulé m, acidulée f
fr:acidulous
it:acidulous
vi:acidulous
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