acescent
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin acēscēns, acēscentis, present participle of acēscēre (“to turn sour”), inchoative of acēre (“to be sour”): compare French acescent.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
acescent (comparative more acescent, superlative most acescent)
- 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 edit
Noun edit
acescent (plural acescents)
- A substance liable to become sour.
Translations edit
a substance liable to become sour
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
acescent (feminine acescente, masculine plural acescents, feminine plural acescentes)
Further reading edit
- “acescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
acēscent