Acritude

[Fr. acritude.] An acrid taste. Acroamatic, Acroamatical, a . [Gr. acroamai, I hear.] Of, or pertaining to, deep oral learning; the op posite of exoterical. Acroamatics, and Acroatics, n . pl. Aristotle's lectures on the principal parts of philosophy, to which none but friends and scholars were admitted by him. Acroat'ic, a . Relating to acroatics; acroamatic. Acrobat, n. [ Gr.akron , an extremity, and baino , I go.] A name given by the ancients to rope-dancers, vaulters, . Acrobats perform both upon the tight and slack rope, or upon ropes placed horizontally, perpendicularly, or obliquely, and the exercise of their craft requires great strength, agility, and fearle ne . Acrobats are frequently mentioned by the writers of ancient Rome and Greece; and many, in the present day, have, by the extraordinary nature of their performances, acquired considerable popularity. For instance, Madame Saqui, Herr Wengler, and Blond in, who cro ed the Falls of Niagara, carrying a man upon his back, upon a single rope, stretched and fastened to the opposite shores.