acescent

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsiːsənt/
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Adjective

acescent (comparative more acescent, superlative most acescent)

  1. Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
    • 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:
      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.
    • 1821, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on the Art of Brewing, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, page 10:
      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 […]

Translations

Noun

acescent (plural acescents)

  1. A substance liable to become sour.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

acescent (feminine acescente, masculine plural acescents, feminine plural acescentes)

  1. souring

Further reading

Latin

Verb

acēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of acēscō
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