acerb
[ uh-surb ]
/ əˈsɜrb /
adjective
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Origin of acerb
1650–60; < Latin acerbus; see acerbic
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Example sentences from the Web for acerb
She denied that stenographers could ever form a union, but she could not answer his acerb, “Why not?”
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