akreco

Esperanto

Etymology

From akra +‎ -eco.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈkret͡so/
  • Hyphenation: a‧kre‧co
  • Rhymes: -et͡so

Noun

akreco (uncountable, accusative akrecon)

  1. sharpness, acuteness, keenness
    • 1909, Robert Louis Stevenson, trans. William Morrison and William W. Mann, Doktoro Jekyll kaj Sinjoro Hyde, The British Esperanto Association
      Kiam la akreco de tiu ĉi memriproĉo ekmortiĝis, ĝi estis sekvita de sento de ĝojo.
      When the sharpness of that self-reproach suddenly died, it was followed by a feeling of joy.
      As the acuteness of this remorse began to die away, it was succeeded by a sense of joy. (Original sentence)
    Synonym: akro
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