Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Somewhat sharp or acid in character.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Moderately acid or sour: as, a subacid juice.
- Hence, noting words or a temperament verging on acidity or somewhat biting.
- noun A substance moderately acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Moderately acid or sour.
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- adjective Somewhat
acidic . - noun Any substance that is moderately acid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective slightly sour to the taste
Etymologies
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Examples
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As to her person, she had a neat oval face, thin and sallow, in expression subacid; a lithe, rather graceful figure, and hands too long, with fingers almost too tapering -- of which hands and fingers she was very careful, contemplating them in secret with a regard amounting almost to reverence: they were her sole witnesses to a descent in which she believed, but of which she had no other shadow of proof.
The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864
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The fruits are usually insipid, occasionally subacid or acid.
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It would not, perhaps, be correct to say that the Durian is the best of all fruits, because it cannot supply the place of the subacid juicy kinds, such as the orange, grape, mango, and mangosteen, whose refreshing and cooling qualities are so wholesome and grateful; but as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour, it is unsurpassed.
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Many baobab-trees grow in different spots, and the few people seen were using the white pulp found between the seeds to make a pleasant subacid drink.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Lansats, two of the most delicious of the subacid tropical fruits.
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The inhabitants eat the stalks, which are subacid, and tan leather with the roots, and prepare a black dye from them.
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The inhabitants eat the stalks, which are subacid, and tan leather with the roots, and prepare a black dye from them.
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Harvest mandarin oranges when they show color break and their juice turns subacid.
Chapter 21 1992
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When arrived at its full growth, and before it is ripe, it is gathered and eaten like any other fruit, the taste being subacid.
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The sweet, subacid, mucilaginous juice is much esteemed as a pectoral.
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