[f. ACESCENT, after nouns in -NCY, ad. L. -ntia; see -NCY.] The quality or state of being acescent, or of turning sour; tendency to sourness; incipient or slight acidity.
1756. C. Lucas, Ess. on Waters, III. 333. [It is] from an acrimony, not acescency, of the juices.
1776. Withering, Arrangem. Brit. Plants (1796), III. 710. The leaves, put into sour beer, soon destroy the acescency.
1838[?]. Life of Wilberforce, 465. All sweetness without the slightest acescency.
