tartnesses

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Noun

tartnesses

  1. plural of tartness
    • 1831, Johann Ludwig Tieck, The old man of the mountain, The lovecharm, and Pietro of Abano, from the German, page 153:
      Thus this box is a coppel in which... the bitternesses and tartnesses which at first seem grating, the flavour which evaporates in a momentary enjoyment, are put to the test.