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nonacrid

nonacrid adjective: not acrid.

Adjective

nonacrid (comparative more nonacrid, superlative most nonacrid)

  1. Not acrid.
    • The young leaves are comparatively nonacrid and are used extensively for luau.1939, Carey Dunlap Miller, Charles Mountjoy Bice, John Carson Ripperton, Observations on the Life History of Fasciola Gigantica, page 64
    • Caution should be used in tasting uncooked dasheens, for there is always the possibility that an acrid taro of similar appearance has become mixed with the nonacrid variety.1953, M. W. Stone, F. B. Foley, D. H. Bixby, Effect of Soil Applications of Insecticides on the Growth and Yield of Vegetable Crops, page 3

Forms of nonacrid

comparativemore nonacrid
superlativemost nonacrid

Origin of nonacrid

From non- + acrid.

Questions about nonacrid

What does nonacrid mean?
Nonacrid means not acrid.
What part of speech is nonacrid?
Nonacrid is an adjective.

Words near nonacrid in the dictionary

  1. nonacquisitional
  2. nonacquisitive
  3. nonacquisitiveness
  4. nonacquittal
  5. nonacral
  6. nonacrid
  7. nonacrimonious
  8. nonacrobatic
  9. nonacrocentric
  10. nonacronymous
  11. nonacrophobic

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