English Explanatory Dictionary

tartness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.

Word forms

tartness tartnesses tartnesse

Etymology

From Middle English *tartnesse, from Old English teartnes (“sharpness, severity, asperity”), equivalent to tart + -ness.

Synonyms

sourness bitterness
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