acetous

American  

[as-i-tuhs, uh-see-] / ˈæs ɪ təs, əˈsi- /

Also acetose

adjective

1. containing or producing acetic acid.

2. sour; producing or resembling vinegar; vinegary.

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acetous British  

/ əˈsiː-, ˈæsɪˌtəʊs, -ˌtəʊz, ˈæsɪtəs /

adjective

1. containing, producing, or resembling acetic acid or vinegar

2. tasting like vinegar

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Etymology

Origin of acetous

From the Late Latin word acetōsus, dating back to 1770–80. See acetum, -ous

Example Sentences

A man unfit for Revolutions? whose small soul, transparent wholesome-looking as small-ale, could by no chance ferment into virulent alegar,—the mother of ever-new alegar;—till all France were grown acetous virulent?

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

Brandy has been made from ripe gooseberries by distillation; by exposing the juice with sugar to the acetous fermentation a good vinegar may be obtained.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Thus the acetous acid, combined with vegetable alkali, forms a substance that is called the foliated earth of tartar; and it may be expelled from it by the vitriolic acid.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph

This fruit, and the strawberry, are especially suitable for invalids, as they do not engender acetous fermentation in the stomach.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

Hence we have a phosphorous and a phosphoric acid, an acetous and an acetic acid; and so on, for others in similar circumstances.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine