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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2007-07-02 08:12 am

vitriolic

vitriolic - adj., of, related to, derived from, or resembling sulfuric acid (H2SO4); caustic; scathing, bitterly harsh.


Where caustic is both in the literal burning and figurative verbal sense. From the old name of sulfuric acid, oil of vitriol, from Latin vitrium, glass, so called because of the glassy appearance of many of its salts.

---L.

[identity profile] returnoftheblog.livejournal.com 2007-07-03 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I use this one a lot.

WOULD YOU SAY YOU FIND IT SURPRISING?!

*gnaws at his restraints*