aigreur

French

Etymology

From aigre + -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡʁœʁ/, /e.ɡʁœʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

aigreur f (plural aigreurs)

  1. sourness (sour flavor)
  2. bitterness (bitter emotion)
    • 1864, Rudolf Charles, Preface to Testament by Jean Meslier, page 14
      Il nous attaqua, ouvertement dans ses propres essais, espérant par là nous porter à une réponse inconsidérée qui, par son aigreur et son caractère de personnalité, compromettrait la cause du progrès en général et nous-mêmes en particulier.
      He attacked us, openly in his own essays, hoping thereby to draw out an ill-considered response from us which, by its bitterness and the spirit of the attack, would compromise the cause of progress in general and ourselves in particular.

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