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bitterness (n.)
Old English
biternys
"bitterness, grief;" see
bitter
+
-ness
. Figurative sense (of feelings, etc.) is attested earlier than literal sense (of taste), which will surprise no one who reads any amount of Anglo-Saxon literature.
