vitriol
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulphuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɪtɹiəl/, /ˈvɪtɹiɑl/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈvɪtɹiɒl/, /ˈvɪtɹiəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
vitriol (countable and uncountable, plural vitriols)
- (dated) Any of various metal sulphates.
- (dated) Oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid).
- (by extension) Bitterly abusive language.
- 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times, retrieved 2 November 2012:
- For days, online forums sparked with outrage against politicians and race organizers, a tone that turned to vitriol against runners, even from some shaming other runners for being selfish.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Irish: vitrial
Translations[edit]
sulfuric acid — see sulfuric acid
various metal sulphates
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Verb[edit]
vitriol (third-person singular simple present vitriols, present participle vitrioling or vitriolling, simple past and past participle vitrioled or vitriolled)
- (transitive) To subject to bitter verbal abuse.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.
- (transitive, colloquial) To vitriolize.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin vitriolum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitriol m (plural vitriols)
- vitriol (all senses)
Further reading[edit]
- “vitriol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
vitriol n (plural vitrioluri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of vitriol
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) vitriol | vitriolul | (niște) vitrioluri | vitriolurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) vitriol | vitriolului | (unor) vitrioluri | vitriolurilor |
vocative | vitriolule | vitriolurilor |
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