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a·cer·bic  audio  (-sūrbk) KEY  also a·cerb  (-sūrb) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Sour or bitter tasting; acid. See Synonyms at bitter.
  2. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression: "At times, the playwright allows an acerbic tone to pierce through otherwise arid or flowery prose" (Alvin Klein).
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin acerbus; see ak- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
a·cerbi·cal·ly(Adverb)


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