tartness

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tartness

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From Middle English *tartnesse, from Old English teartnes (“sharpness, severity, asperity”), equivalent to tart + -ness.

noun tartnesses · tartnesse

countable, uncountable The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.
Similar: sourness, bitterness

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noun characteristic of being tart

Español	ácido, sinsabor, agudo
Deutsch	Säuerlichkeit, Bitterkeit

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@misc{tartness_2026,
  title = {tartness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tartness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}