vitriol.
Any of various metal sulphates.
Meaning & usage
Any of various metal sulphates.
oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid).
Bitterly abusive language.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”).
To subject to bitter verbal abuse.
To dip in dilute sulfuric acid; to pickle.
To vitriolize.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”).
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