Vitriol Definition

vĭtrē-ōl, -əl
vitrioled, vitrioling, vitriol, vitriols
noun
vitriols
Any of several sulfates of metals, as copper sulfate (blue vitriol), iron sulfate (green vitriol), or zinc sulfate (white vitriol)
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Sharpness or bitterness of feeling, as in speech or writing; venom.
Webster's New World
verb
vitrioled
To treat with or as with vitriol.
Webster's New World

To subject someone to bitter verbal abuse.

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Other Word Forms of Vitriol

Noun

Singular:
vitriol
Plural:
vitriols

Origin of Vitriol

  • Middle English from Old French from Medieval Latin vitriolum from Late Latin vitreolum neuter of vitreolus of glass from Latin vitreus vitreous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vitriolum (“sulphuric acid"), from Latin vitrum (“glass").

    From Wiktionary

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