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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

acer

sharp; prob. assimilated in form to

acid

. See

Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent;

as,

acrid

salts

Causing heat and irritation; corrosive;

as,

acrid

secretions

Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating;

as,

acrid

temper, mind, writing

Acrid poison

a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.

Adj.

[L. accr.]

Sharp; pungent; bitter; sharp or biting to the taste; acrimonious; as acrid salts.