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subacid
[ suhb-as-id ]
adjective
- slightly or moderately acid or sour:
a subacid fruit.
- (of a person or a person's speech, temper, etc.) somewhat biting or sharp.
subacid
/ sʌbˈæsɪd; ˌsʌbəˈsɪdɪtɪ /
adjective
- (esp of some fruits) moderately acid or sour
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Derived Forms
- subacidity, noun
- ܲˈ, adverb
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Other Word Forms
- ܲ····ٲ [suhb-, uh, -, sid, -i-tee], ܲ·i·Ա noun
- ܲ·i· adverb
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Example Sentences
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Numberless are the jokes made about the Legion of Honour, yet none contain such subacid irony as this one.
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Sapodilla, sap-ō-dil′a, n. a name given in the West Indies to the fruit of several species of Achras, the seeds aperient and diuretic, the pulp subacid and sweet.
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“Good evening,” repeated Christina in a low, subacid voice, looking away into her bowl of sliced onions.
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The berries of some fuchsias are subacid or sweet and edible.
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He chuckles with sly laughter—genial, sympathetic; he looses his arrow phosphorescent with wit, but not barbed, dipped in something subacid,—straight for the heart.
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