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  acrimonious Acrisius  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
acrimony
 
SYLLABICATION:ac·ri·mo·ny
PRONUNCIATION:  kr-mn
NOUN: Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin crimnia, sharpness, from cer, sharp. See ak- in Appendix I.
 
 
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