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Definition of Acetous
1. Adjective. Tasting or smelling like vinegar.
Similar to: Sour
Derivative terms: Vinegarishness, Vinegariness
Definition of Acetous
1. a. Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
Definition of Acetous
1. Adjective. Having a sour taste; sour; acid. ¹
2. Adjective. Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, '''acetous''' fermentation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acetous
1. tasting like vinegar [adj]
Medical Definition of Acetous
1. 1. Having a sour taste; sour; acid. "An acetous spirit." . "A liquid of an acetous kind." 2. Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation. Acetous acid, a name formerly given to vinegar. Origin: L. Acetum = vinegar, fr. Acere to be sour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetous
Literary usage of Acetous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"For the acetous fermentation a certain degree of warmth is indispensable. ...
The vinous may easily be made to terminate in the acetous fermentation ; nay, ..."
2. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1808)
"acetous ACID. PART CXVI. THIS acid exists combined with much mucilage and extractive
matter, and some portion of acidulous ..."
3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1836)
"acetous Acid or Liquors aforesaid for Sale ; and that every such Dealer ...
Retailer, and Seller of Vinegar or acetous Acid in some puhlic and open Part of ..."
4. A System of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1817)
"OF THE acetous FERMENTATION. IF wine or beer be kept in a temperature ... But it
has now lost its former properties, and is converted into acetous acid. ..."
5. An Epitome of Chemistry: In Three Parts by William Henry (1808)
"acetous acid 'may be obtained, by exposing to the atmosphere, the fermented liquor
... When thus distilled, it may be taken as an example of acetous acid. ..."
6. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1854)
"ON THE acetous EXTRACT OF COLCHICUM, PL, 1851. ВТ MB. THOMAS SOUTHALL. The directions
of the Pharmacopoeia would be less objectionable if they had provided ..."
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