Acetous

Word ACETOUS
Character 7
Hyphenation a ce tous
Pronunciations /əˈsiː.təs/

Definitions and meanings of "Acetous"

What do we mean by acetous?

Of, relating to, or producing acetic acid or vinegar. adjective

Having an acetic taste; sour-tasting. adjective

Having a sour taste; vinegary. Boyle. Also written acetose.

Of or pertaining to vinegar; causing or connected with acetification.

Having a sour taste; sour; acid. adjective

Causing, or connected with, acetification. adjective

A name formerly given to vinegar, which is a dilute solution of acetic acid. adjective

Having a sour taste; sour; acid. adjective

Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation. adjective

Tasting or smelling like vinegar adjective

Having a sour taste; sour; acid.

Causing, or connected with, acetification

Synonyms and Antonyms for Acetous

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The word "acetous" in example sentences

Having known Miss Hamilton for most of his life, he told Hay he had watched her pass from “the sweetness of natural womanhood … through the acetous fermentation of belated virginity into the hard cider of middle age.” ❋ Patricia O'Toole (2008)

But, apart from decomposition, there may be, and very usually is, a generation of gas within the stomach, from the acetous fermentation of vegetable matter (or within other cavities from other causes), sufficient to induce a distension which will bring the body to the surface. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It cannot be kept; acetous fermentation sets in at once, and presently it coagulates and corrupts. ❋ Unknown (2003)

I am of this opinion, because the acid can only be formed at the expense of a little of the spirit, which is one of the principles of the acetous acid. ❋ Anthony Boucherie (N/A)

A _further_ degree of fermentation, however, is generative of alcohol, and if arrested here, the alcohol maintains its decided character; while still another stage presents the acetous state, and the alcoholic property is lost in vinegar. ❋ American Tract Society (N/A)

Putridity, from the avolation of its products, promotes levity, and that in proportion as its increase surpasses that of the general acid; and it is not until the action of the acetous becomes languid, that the putrid process gains the ascendency, when it is then difficult to overcome. ❋ Joseph Coppinger (N/A)

Hence spontaneous fermentation, vinous, acetous, and putrefactive, is the natural decomposition of animal and vegetable matters, to which a certain degree of fluidity is necessary; for where vegetable and animal substances are dry, as sugar and glue for instance, and are kept so, no fermentation of any kind succeeds. ❋ Joseph Coppinger (N/A)

The tendency of the acetous process of fermentation, is to involve or entangle the hydrogen and carbon of the fermented fluid, with a greater proportion of oxygen, into vinegar, which is uninflammable. ❋ Joseph Coppinger (N/A)

Stale yeast produces, instead of vinous fermentation, an acetous fermentation, which flavors the bread and makes it disagreeable. ❋ Mrs. F.L. Gillette (N/A)

And this is not all: corroded by the acetous acid, they are full of small holes, particularly in the cap, where all the vapors collect themselves, as in a reservoir. ❋ Anthony Boucherie (N/A)

So wholesome are Strawberries, that if laid in a heap and left by themselves to decompose, they will decay without undergoing any acetous fermentation; nor can their kindly temperature be soured even by exposure to the acids of the stomach. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

Everything should be perfectly sweet and clean, and a strict supervision kept up, that the laborers do not drop any crumbs of bread, &c., among the grapes, as this will immediately cause acetous fermentation. ❋ George Husmann (N/A)

As in summer the solution of tan is disposed to run into the vinous fermentation, and, of course, from that into the acetous, and have its principal changed, no more of the solution of tan should be prepared in the summer season than is wanted for immediate use. ❋ Joseph Coppinger (N/A)

Botanically, each fruit is a collection of berries on a common pulpy receptacle, being, like the Strawberry, especially wholesome for those who are liable to heartburn, because it does not undergo acetous fermentation in the stomach. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

To make vinegar, the wine or beer is made to undergo a second fermentation, called the _acid_ or _acetous_ fermentation; the first which the vegetable juice had to undergo, in order to convert it into wine or beer, being called the _vinous_ fermentation. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Like the strawberry, if eaten without sugar and cream, it does not undergo any acetous fermentation in the stomach, even with gouty or strumous persons. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

But then what do we who read him care about the Roman taste for bread 'in acetous fermentation?' ❋ Leslie Stephen (1868)

In the doorway, looking a shade more acetous than usual, stood Lady Margaret. ❋ Emily Sarah Holt (1864)

"Agatha might have more sense," returned her acetous companion. ❋ Emily Sarah Holt (1864)

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