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 mouse lived perfectly well in this air, thus affected with the acetous fermentation; after it had stood several days mixed with four times the quantity of fixed air.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph

The acetous acid has no action upon tin.

From The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain by C. M.

I am of this opinion, because the acid can only be formed at the expense of a little of the spirit, which is one of the principles of the acetous acid.

From The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain by C. M.

Everything should be perfectly sweet and clean, and a strict supervision kept up, that the laborers do not drop any crumbs of bread, &c., among the grapes, as this will immediately cause acetous fermentation.

From The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines by Husmann, George

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