sourness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition or quality of being sour.

Word forms

sourness sournesses

Etymology

From Middle English sowrenesse, sournesse, from Old English sūrnes (“sourness”), equivalent to sour + -ness.

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