acescence
noun/əˈsɛsəns/
Etymology Compare French acescence. See acescent.
1
Usually The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
- I could find no Signs of Corruption in this Liquor, neither Tokens of Acescence, nor Alcalescence, nor a corrupt Smell1747, John Fothergill, A New Method for the Improvement of the Manufacture of Drugs: