This week's theme: words from chemistry. acidulous (a-SIJ-uh-luhs) adjective
Somewhat sour in taste or in manner. [From Latin acidulus (slightly sour), diminutive of acidus (sour), from acere (to be sour). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ak- (sharp) that's also the source of acrid, vinegar, acid, acute, edge, hammer, heaven, eager, oxygen, and mediocre.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=acidulous -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Like Munroe, she permitted herself no grand, expressive gestures, but then this is a wry, acidulous work. Justin Davidson; The Virtuosos of the Philharmonic; Newsday (New York); Feb 5, 1996. Sponsors' messages: The delights of "Prinderella and the Since," "Beeping Sleauty," and 41 other tales twisted by Col Stoopnagle can be yours from http://stoneandscott.com Perfect your French, German, Spanish or Italian with Champs-Elysees audio magazines on foreign life & culture. http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith3 ............................................................................ Whenever morality is based on theology, whenever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established. -Ludwig Feuerbach, philosopher (1804-1872) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/acidulous.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/acidulous.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/acidulous.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
