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    [Adjective]  | "acerb" | \ ə-ˈsərb \


    1: acerbic

    Origin: 1822 ;

     Borrowed from French & Latin; French acerbe, going back to Old French, borrowed from Latin acerbus, going back to a pre-Latin stem *akri-þo-, derivative of *ā̆kri- "sharp" {mat|acrid|};

      * Note : This etymology presupposes that underlying the -b- is the same adjective suffix that normally appears as -id- (< -*iþ- < Indo-European *-idh-). The presumed development would be *akri-þo-, then by syncope > akr̥þos, then by vocalization > *akerþos > *akerfos > acerbus. For the treatment of Indo-European *dh in this position a standard Latin basis of comparison is verbum.;

    [Adjective]  | "acerb" 


    1: marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings;


      * e.g., " ... a professor with a rather acerb sense of humor "



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     [ "acerbic" ]

    1: The person who responds dryly, often with an element of sarcasm or causticism underlying, to any given situation.

      * e.g.,  ... Ryan said to me after I asked him about his day: "I find that this day defines itself within a longer definition of "day". I'll let you know how I am when the "day" is done." I thought that this was a typical acerbic response from Ryan. 

     [ "acerbic" ]

    1: A word that pretentious cunts say to try to look smart when they are pissed. Normal people just use the word sarcastic.

      * e.g.,  ... The mean man is being acerbic towards me. 

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