vitriol

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɪtɹiəl/, /ˈvɪtɹiɑl/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈvɪtɹiɒl/, /ˈvɪtɹiəl/ === Noun === vitriol (countable and uncountable, plural vitriols) (dated) Any of various metal sulphates. (dated) oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid). (by extension) Bitterly abusive language. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: vitrial ==== Translations ==== === Verb === vitriol (third-person singular simple present vitriols, present participle (US) vitrioling or (UK) vitriolling, simple past and past participle (US) vitrioled or (UK) vitriolled) (transitive) To subject to bitter verbal abuse. Synonyms: abuse, call names, vituperate; see also Thesaurus:revile (transitive, metallurgy) To dip in dilute sulfuric acid; to pickle. (transitive, colloquial) To vitriolize. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin vitriolum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi.tʁi.jɔl/ === Noun === vitriol m (plural vitriols) vitriol (all senses) === Further reading === “vitriol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vitriol. === Noun === vitriol n (plural vitrioluri) vitriol ==== Declension ====