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tartnesse

tartnesse is the obsolete form of tartness.

Meaning of tartness

Noun

tartness (countable and uncountable, plural tartnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.
    Synonyms:
    sourness, bitterness

Questions about tartnesse

What is tartnesse the obsolete form of?
Tartnesse is the obsolete form of tartness.

Words near tartnesse in the dictionary

  1. tartlette
  2. tartlettes
  3. tartlike
  4. tartly
  5. tartness
  6. tartnesse
  7. tartnesses
  8. tartogo
  9. tartold
  10. tartolds
  11. tartralic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tartnesse (page history and authors); tartness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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