tartness

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Middle English *tartnesse, from Old English teartnes (“sharpness, severity, asperity”), equivalent to tart +‎ -ness.

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tartness (countable and uncountable, plural tartnesses)

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

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