crabbiness

noun

crabbiness

noun

Etymology From crabby + -ness.

1

The state of being crabby; sour or bad-tempered.

Crab apples [...] when you bite into one, it reveals a fairly sour taste. Cook them and they lose that crabbiness, becoming as sweet as any standard apple.2023, Ray Mears, chapter 1, in British Woodland, Ebury Spotlight, →ISBN:

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