tartness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tartness
    n 1: the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken
         into the mouth [syn: {sour}, {sourness}, {tartness}]
    2: a sharp sour taste [syn: {acerbity}, {tartness}]
    3: a rough and bitter manner [syn: {bitterness}, {acrimony},
       {acerbity}, {jaundice}, {tartness}, {thorniness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tartness \Tart"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being tart.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Acrimony; sourness; keenness; poignancy; severity;
        asperity; acerbity; harshness. See {Acrimony}.
        [1913 Webster]

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