ACERBIC

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SUHR-bik)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Having a sour or bitter taste.
2. Harsh, biting, critical.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin acerbus (sour, bitter). 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, acerate, paragon, acuity, and acidic. Earliest documented use: 1853.
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A.C. VERBIC - like an action word that runs on alternating current

"ACE" RUBIC - nickname of the Cube puzzle inventor

ACER BIN - where to throw your maple wood scraps