Meaning

noun English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

noun the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

noun the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰidrós Proto-Germanic *bitraz Proto-West Germanic *bitr Old English biter Middle English bittre English bitter From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitr, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite + -er (agent noun suffix) used attributively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian,…

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