TART

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English teart sharp, severe; akin to Middle High German traz spite Date: before 12th century agreeably sharp or acid to the taste , marked by a biting, acrimonious, or cutting quality , ~ish adjective ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French Date: 14th century a dish baked in a pastry shell ; pie : as, a small pie or pastry shell without a top containing jelly, custard, or fruit, a small pie made of pastry folded over a filling, prostitute