sourness

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sourness

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From Middle English sowrenesse, sournesse, from Old English sūrnes (“sourness”), equivalent to sour + -ness.

noun sournesses

countable, uncountable The condition or quality of being sour. [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; […]
Similar: acerbitude, acerbity, acetosity, acidity, acidness, austereness, austerity, sharpness, sourness, tartness

Opposite: sweetness

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noun

Opposite: sweetness

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noun condition or quality of being sour

Español	acedía, acidez
한국어	신맛 sinmat, 산미 sanmi
中文	酸味 suānwèi
Ελληνικά	αγουράδα agouráda, αγουρίλα agouríla, ξινίλα xiníla
עברית	חֲמִיצוּת khamitsút

noun of a person’s temperament

Español	acidez, acritud
Ελληνικά	δυστροπία dystropía, στρυφνότητα stryfnótita

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@misc{sourness_2026,
  title = {sourness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sourness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}