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souredness

souredness noun: the quality of having become sour.

Noun

souredness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of having become sour.
    • In his Satires we find what we may call a mellowed souredness of spirit, like the taste of the plum or sloe when touched by the first frosts.1861, Thomas Wyatt, The Poetical Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt, page xvi

Origin of souredness

From soured + -ness.

Questions about souredness

What does souredness mean?
Souredness means the quality of having become sour.
What part of speech is souredness?
Souredness is a noun.

Words near souredness in the dictionary

  1. soured cream
  2. soured creams
  3. soured milk
  4. soured milks
  5. soured on
  6. souredness
  7. souren
  8. sourened
  9. sourening
  10. sourens
  11. sourer

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