relating to or containing acetic acid

Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.

Of vinegar: sour.

Relating to acetic acid, sour. Acetic Acid, the pure acid of vinegar.

Sulphate of lime in excess gives a white precipitate, soluble in nitric or hydrochloric acid, but insoluble in oxalic, tartaric, acetic, or any vegetable acid. – Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison Robertson