Acetous Definition

ə-sētəs, ăsĭ-təs
adjective
Of, relating to, or producing acetic acid or vinegar.
American Heritage
Of, producing, or like vinegar; sour.
Webster's New World
Having an acetic taste; sour-tasting.
American Heritage

Having a sour taste; sour; acid.

Wiktionary

Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.

Wiktionary

Origin of Acetous

  • Middle English sour from Medieval Latin acētōsus vinegary from Latin acētum vinegar acetum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin acetum (“vinegar”), from acere (“to be sour”).

    From Wiktionary

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