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{{suffix|en|acrimony|ous}};<ref>{{R:Oxford Dictionaries Online}}</ref> compare {{cog|fr|acrimonieux||acrimonious}}, from {{cog|la|ācrimōniōsus||acrimonious}}, from {{m|la|ācrimōnia||pungency, sharpness; acrimony, austerity}} + {{m|la|-ōsus||''suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’, forming adjectives from nouns''}} (ultimately from {{cog|m|ine-pro|*-went-}} or {{m|ine-pro|*-wont-}} + {{m|ine-pro|*-to-}}). ''Ācrimōnia'' is derived from {{cog|la|ācer||sharp; bitter, sour}} (from {{cog|m|ine-pro|*h₂ḱrós||sharp}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-||sharp}} + {{m|ine-pro|*-rós||''suffix forming adjectives from {{w|Caland system}} roots''}}) + {{cog|la|-mōnia}} (the {{glossary|feminine}} form of {{m|la|-mōnium||''suffix forming collective nouns and nouns designating legal status or obligation''}}, ultimately from {{cog|ine-pro|*-mō||''suffix forming {{glossary|agent nouns}} from verbs''}}).