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Webster 1913 Edition
Sourness
Sour′ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being sour.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sourness
SOUR'NESS
, n.1.
Acidity; sharpness to the taste; tartness; as the sourness of vinegar or of fruit. Sourness being one of those simple ideas which one cannot describe.2.
Asperity; harshness of temper. Take care that no sourness and moroseness mingle with our seriousness of mind.