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TANGINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tanginess mean?
• TANGINESS (noun)
The noun TANGINESS has 1 sense:
1. a tart spicy quality
Familiarity information: TANGINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tart spicy quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
nip; piquance; piquancy; piquantness; tang; tanginess; zest
Hypernyms ("tanginess" is a kind of...):
spice; spicery; spiciness (the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored)
Derivation:
tangy (tasting sour like a lemon)
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