corrosive
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From Old French corrosif.
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corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)
- Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
- Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
- Care is no cure, but corrosive.
- destroying or undermining something gradually.
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destroying texture or substance of a body
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Noun edit
corrosive (plural corrosives)
- That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
- Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
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substance harming living tissue or damaging material
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French edit
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corrosive
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corrosive
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kor.roːˈsiː.u̯e/, [kɔrːoːˈs̠iːu̯ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kor.roˈsi.ve/, [korːoˈs̬iːve]
Adjective edit
corrōsīve