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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of, similar to, or derived from a vitriol.
  2. adj. Bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Of or pertaining to vitriol; having the properties of vitriol, or obtained from vitriol.
  2. Biting; caustic; very severe or censorious.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol
  2. adj. bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism
  3. adj. chemistry : Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous. Cf. vitriol.
  2. adj. Biting, bitter or caustic; having or expressing strong and unpleasantly negative feelings; -- of speech or feelings.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. harsh or corrosive in tone
  2. adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

Etymologies

  1. Cf. French vitriolique. (Wiktionary)

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