vitriolic

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VITRIOL'IC, adjective Pertaining to vitriol; having the qualities of vitriol, or obtained from vitriol. Vitriolic acid, in modern chimistry is denominated sulphuric acid, the base of it being sulphur; sulphur completely saturated with oxygen.
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