acerb

[uh-surb]

adjective

1. acerbic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of acerb¹

1650–60; < Latin acerbus; acerbic

Example Sentences

Miss Black was older than her brother, and had already acquired that acerb precision which lies in wait with such frequent success for middle-aged spinsters and bachelors.

From Project Gutenberg

She denied that stenographers could ever form a union, but she could not answer his acerb, “Why not?”

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