causticity
noun/kɔːˈstɪsɪti/
Etymology
From caustic + -ity.
Definitions
The quality of being physically caustic
The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.
- Some years ago, we read in a U.S. trade paper a method for determining causticity of bottle-washing solution when foil labels are contained on the bottles undergoing cleansing treatment.
Being caustic in speech, humour etc.
- […] one in whom a discreet causticity went along with a manner less genial than polite […]
- He had not, he remarked with crushing causticity to one of his ministers, liberated France ‘to worry about the macaroni ration’.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for causticity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA