The Only Use of
acute
in
Animal Farm
- Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now that it was truly their own food, produced by themselves and for themselves, not doled out to them by a grudging master.
p. 28.7acute = strongly felt (strongly perceived)
Definitions:
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(1)
(acute as in: acute pain) sharp (severe or strong) -- usually negative
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(acute as in: acute sense of smell) sharp (highly perceptive in some area or mentally sharp)
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(acute angle as in: an acute angle) ending in a narrow point or angle; or describing an angle measuring less than 90 degrees