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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOURNESS

n. 1. Acidity; sharpness to the taste; tartness; as the sourness of vinegar or of fruit. Sourness being one of those simple ideas which one cannot describe.
2. Asperity; harshness of temper. Take care that no sourness and moroseness mingle with our seriousness of mind.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOURNESS

SOURNESS Sour "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being sour.

 

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