acescent

Meanings

Adjective

  • Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.

Noun

  • A substance liable to become sour.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin acescens, present participle of acesco, inchoative of aceo: compare French acescent.

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