vitriolic

adj
/vɪtɹɪˈɒlɪk/UK/ˌvɪt.riˈɑ.lɪk/US

Etymology

From vitriol + -ic; or from French vitriolique (cognate with Italian vetriolico, Portuguese vitriolico, Spanish vitriólico).

  1. derived from vitriolique

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to vitriol

    Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol.

    • a vitriolic taste
    • No one, who uſes his Senses, can possibly doubt, but there is ſomewhat of a vitriolic Nature found in Mineral Waters: for not only the Taſte, but the Sight confirms it, by their turning inky with Galls, &c.
  2. Bitterly scathing, caustic.

    • vitriolic criticism
    • You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light / Feeling pretty psyched

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vitriolic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vitriolic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at vitriolic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA