acescence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare French acescence. See acescent.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /əˈsɛsəns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]acescence (usually uncountable, plural acescences)
- The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
- Synonym: acescency
- 1747, John Fothergill, A New Method for the Improvement of the Manufacture of Drugs:
- I could find no Signs of Corruption in this Liquor, neither Tokens of Acescence, nor Alcalescence, nor a corrupt Smell
Translations
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]acescence f (plural acescences)
Further reading
[edit]- “acescence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.