corrosive

English

Warning symbol for corrosive substances.

Etymology

From Old French corrosif

Adjective

corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)

  1. 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.
  2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
    • Shakespeare
      Care is no cure, but corrosive.
  3. destroying or undermining something gradually

Translations

destroying texture or substance of a body

Noun

corrosive (plural corrosives)

  1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
  2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Translations

French

Adjective

corrosive

  1. feminine singular of corrosif

Italian

Adjective

corrosive

  1. feminine plural of corrosivo

Latin

Adjective

corrōsive

  1. vocative masculine singular of corrōsivus
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