acid

English

/ˈæs.ɪd/

adj
Definitions
  • Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
  • (figuratively) Sour-tempered.
  • Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
  • (music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp, pointed, edgy).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eḱ-

Gloss

sharp, pointed, edgy

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

鋭

Emoji
🪒

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