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Acc Ace Aci

Accipitrine

adjective

ORNITHOLOGY
adjective: accipitrine
  1. relating to birds of a family that includes most diurnal birds of prey other than falcons, New World vultures, and the osprey.

[H is for Hawk — Helen Macdonald]

Acedia

noun (literary)

spiritual or mental sloth; apathy.

(n.b. “ennui is sometimes thought of as a modern variant”)

[L.M. Sacasas, in an installment of The Convivial Society]

Acidulous

adj.

  1. sharp tasting; sour.
  2. (of a person’s remark or tone) bitter; cutting

[Solaris — Stanisław Lem]