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acerate PRONUNCIATION: (AS-uh-rayt)

MEANING: adjective: Needlelike.

ETYMOLOGY: acidic, acidulous, From Latin acerosus (full of chaff), erroneously interpreted as derived from acus (needle) or acer (sharp), ultimately from the Indo-European root ak- (sharp), which is also the source of acrid, vinegar, acid, acute, edge, hammer, heaven, eager, oxygen, mediocre, acerbate acuity , and paragon . Earliest documented use: 1833.

USAGE:

Sam Merwin Jr.; Judas Ram; Galaxy Science Fiction; Dec 1950.



See more usage examples of “At once the air was hideous with the acerate harmony of a singing commercial.”Sam Merwin Jr.;; Galaxy Science Fiction; Dec 1950.See more usage examples of acerate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Poetry is a sort of homecoming. -Paul Celan, poet and translator (23 Nov 1920-1970)





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