The quality of being sour or bitter in taste; sharpness or harshness of manner, mood, or tone.
From Latin 'acerbitas' (sourness, harshness of character). The word evolved from describing physical sourness of fruit to describing the emotional character of people's words and attitudes.
We use this word to describe both lemon juice AND mean comments—proving that our brains connect taste and personality in deeply similar ways!
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