acescent

Borrowed from Latin acēscēns, acēscentis, present participle of acēscēre (“to turn sour”), inchoative of acēre (“to be sour”): compare French acescent.

• IPA^(key): /əˈsiːsənt/

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acescent (comparative more acescent, superlative most acescent)

1. Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
   • 1826, Michael Faraday, “On Pure Caoutchouc, and the Substance by which it is accompanied in the State of Sap or Juice”, in Quarterly Journal of Science:

     The fluid was a pale yellow , thick , creamy - looking substance , of uniform consistency . It had a disagreeable acescent odour, something resembling that of putrecsent milk.

   • 1821, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on the Art of Brewing, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, page 10:

     All kinds of malt liquor contain […] alcohol or spirit. They are of course weaker than wines, and in general more liable to become flat and acescent from this circumstance […]

acescent (plural acescents)

1. A substance liable to become sour.

• IPA^(key): /a.sɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /a.se.sɑ̃/

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acescent (feminine acescente, masculine plural acescents, feminine plural acescentes)

1. souring

• “acescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

acēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of acēscō