Lewis & Short

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ācrĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [2. acer], somewhat sharp, testy: ille acriculus senex Zeno, Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 38 (cf. acerbus, and the passage there quoted fr. Cic. N. D. 3, 31).