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French
Etymology
From aigre + -eur.
Pronunciation
Noun
aigreur f (plural aigreurs)
- sourness (sour flavor)
- bitterness (bitter emotion)
- 1864, Rudolf Charles, Preface to Testament by Jean Meslier, page 14
Il nous attaqua, ouvertement dans ses propres essais, espérant par là nous porter à une réponse inconsidérée qui, par son aigreur et son caractère de personnalité, compromettrait la cause du progrès en général et nous-mêmes en particulier.- He attacked us, openly in his own essays, hoping thereby to draw out an ill-considered response from us which, by its bitterness and the spirit of the attack, would compromise the cause of progress in general and ourselves in particular.
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