acrid 

‘unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root

    Lat. acer ‘sharp to the senses, pungent, bitter; eager, fierce’ < ak < akri ak- < Tamil akku

Technical words derived from 'acrid'

sub - acrid - சற்றே புளிப்பான; acridity - கடுங்கார்ப்பு

 

English words derived from akku connoting 'sharpness'