a. [a. Fr. acidulant pr. pple. of aciduler to sour slightly.] = ACIDULOUS.
1834. Pringle, Afr. Sk., 203. Being of such an acidulent quality that sheep and cattle will not eat it without great reluctance.
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.
