sourness
English
noun
Definitions
- The quality or condition of being sour, usually said of human personalities.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sowrenesse inherited from Old English sūrnes (sourness) affix from English sour (bad-tempered).
Origin
English
sour
Gloss
bad-tempered
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besour English
- sorrel English
- sour English
- sour puss English
- sourball English
- sourbelly English
- sourberry English
- sourdough English
- soureth English
- sourfaced English
- sourful English
- sourgrass English
- sourhead English
- sourish English
- sourly English
- sourpuss English
- soursop English
- sourstuff English
- sourwood English
- unsour English
- sūrnes Old English
- sour Middle English
- sowrenesse Middle English
- saua Tok Pisin