acridities

But the nature of the spirit in them, though not immediately perceived, is yet discovered by the different motions and efforts of the tangible bodies in the very act and process of their separation and also by the acridities and corrosions, and by the different colors, smells, and tastes of the same bodies after separation.

The New Organon 2005

An incense stick burned, but of course I could only smell the manifold acridities of my own confined flesh.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

He took her in to dinner, and sat in silence beside her, heedless alike of his host's commonplaces and Miss McQuinch's acridities.

The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage George Bernard Shaw 1903

The House members liked him well, despite those verbal acridities which shaved the surface of debate as lawns are shaven by a scythe; but with the last word there existed no recognized House or party reason, whether of the past, the present or the future, why he should be made Speaker.

The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

Here are no excruciating condiments, no special acridities, no alkaloids fatal to any stomach other than that of the appointed consumer; so that animal food is not confined to one and the same eater.

More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

But the German character is not all toothache; beer and tobacco step in to the relief of Rhenish acridities, blend philosophy with sentiment, and give that patience in detail which distinguishes their professors and their generals.

The Parisians — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

But the German character is not all toothache; beer and tobacco step in to the relief of Rhenish acridities, blend philosophy with sentiment, and give that patience in detail which distinguishes their professors and their generals.

The Parisians — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838