ADJECTIVE
  1. being sour to the taste
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How To Use acidulous In A Sentence

  • He wanted to cancel the project — unless I was willing to expand my introduction, incorporating some of the acidulous commentary into a calmer treatment of the matter. Daredevil
  • Gillian Keith fizzed skittishly and effortlessly as Zerbinetta, an acidulous sop to Orla Boylan's munificent, creamy but variably toned Ariadne. The Turn of the Screw; Ariadne auf Naxos; Les pêcheurs de perles; Mitsuko Uchida
  • The rind is rough and woolly and the flesh harsh and unpalatable, with an astringent, acidulous taste.
  • It reveals that 30 % acidulous grain alcohol is suitable , superior in the pigment dissolving.
  • When boiled in milk, it gives off its acidulousness to the whey; and either this whey, or the expressed juice of the plant, much diluted with water, may be used as a good refrigerant drink in fevers. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
  • Madonna, in the territories of Padua, or others of an acidulous or vitriolated nature, or who simply swallow drinks by the gallon, pass all off again within an hour or two by the bladder. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)
  • Over the Dolphins stadium's public address system, Bailar asked God, "Father and Mother of us all," to protect his "gentle dophins" from the "voracious beasts of prey" and to "limit ... the obfuscations of sportscaster Howard Cosell acidulous tongue, so that he may describe this night truly and grammatically as it is... Shirl James Hoffman, Ed.D.: Joe Nelms' Prayer Perfect For NASCAR Event
  • Int he end, he was too acidulous, too independent to get the top job. Jacob Heilbrunn: The Greatness of Richard Holbrooke
  • In a Robert Altman film that's almost bursting with superb performances, Maggie Smith shines as the Countess of Trentham, a mistress of acidulous put-downs. 'Last Dancer': Ultimately on Point
  • It is well known that persons who use the Spa waters or those of La Madonna, in the territories of Padua, or others of an acidulous or vitriolated nature, or who simply swallow drinks by the gallon, pass all off again within an hour or two by the bladder. On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
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