A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Acerbité, n. [a. F. acerbité, L. acerbitas. In Eng. use from 1611.] Bitterness. —1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 58 (to mitigat the acerbite of certaine wordis).