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acid

  • adjective
  • ăs'ĭd

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

Other meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

  2. Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

Synonyms

  • acidic

Antonyms

  • alkaline
  • base

Word history

From Latin "acidus" (sour, acid).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “acid” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.