2. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
3. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied.
ACRIDITY; ACRIDNESS
A*crid"i*ty, Ac"rid*ness n.
Defn: The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
ACRIDLY
Ac"rid*ly, adv.
Defn: In an acid manner.
ACRIMONIOUS
Ac"ri*mo"ni*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux.]
1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [Archaic] Harvey.
2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.
ACRIMONIOUSLY
Ac`ri*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv.