a. [a. Fr. acidulant pr. pple. of aciduler to sour slightly.] = ACIDULOUS.
1834. Pringle, Afr. Sk., vi. 203. Being of such an acidulent quality that sheep … will not eat it.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. I. 1. I. iv. 20 (1857). Abbé Moudon starts forward; with anxious acidulent face. Ibid. (1865), Fredk. Gt., IX. XX. x. 179. Wrapt in despondency and black acidulent humours.
