tartness

English

Alternative forms

• tartnesse (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Noun

tartness (countable and uncountable, plural tartnesses)

1. The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste

   Synonyms: sourness, bitterness

Translations

characteristic of being tart

• Bulgarian: тръпчивост (trǎpčivost)
• Georgian: სიმჟავე (simžave)
• German: Säuerlichkeit f, Bitterkeit (de) f
• Spanish: ácido (es), sinsabor (es), agudo (es)

Anagrams

• rat's nest