subacid
Americanadjective
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slightly or moderately acid or sour.
a subacid fruit.
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(of a person or a person's speech, temper, etc.) somewhat biting or sharp.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- subacidity noun
- subacidly adverb
- subacidness noun
Etymology
Origin of subacid
Example Sentences
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Their low-keyed humor, chess-game pace and subacid satire give them an effect somewhat less than sidesplitting, but for readers who like their slyness slow and stately, Ernest Bramah is a lordly dish.
From Time Magazine Archive
He never interpreted, colored or predicted: the grist from his mill was fact, ground fine and digestible, sieved through a faintly subacid cast of thought.
From Time Magazine Archive
In World War II Meighen has sat in the quiet backwater of Canada's appointive Senate, making subacid wisecracks about Mackenzie King's conduct of the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Obscure in her poetry, subacid in her satire, she finds the 18th Century real, the present ghostly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stalk short to medium, rather slender; cavity rather large, sometimes a little greenish; calyx closed; basin medium, slightly corrugated, sometimes small protuberances; flesh white, half fine, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid; quality good to very good.
From The Apple by Various
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