souredness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

soured +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

souredness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of having become sour.
    • 1861, Thomas Wyatt, The Poetical Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt, page xvi:
      In his Satires we find what we may call a mellowed souredness of spirit, like the taste of the plum or sloe when touched by the first frosts.
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