corrosive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kəˈɹoʊsɪv/ (Canada, General-American)
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- /kəˈɹəʉsɪv/ (Australia)
- /kəˈɹɐʉsəv/ (New-Zealand)
- /kəˈɹəʊsɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Old French corrosif.
Meanings
- 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.
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Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Care is no cure, but corrosive.
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]:
- Destroying or undermining something gradually.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more corrosive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most corrosive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
noncorrosive · biocorrosive · photocorrosive · corrosive sublimate · uncorrosive
Relateds
corrode · corrosively · corrosiveness · corrosivity
Synonyms
Translations (21)
pl żrący (destroying texture or substance of a body) · pl kaustyczny (destroying texture or substance of a body) · bg разяждащ (destroying texture or substance of a body) · fr corrosif (destroying texture or substance of a body) · vi ăn mòn (destroying texture or substance of a body) · gd loisgeach (destroying texture or substance of a body) · hu maró (destroying texture or substance of a body) · de korrosiv (destroying texture or substance of a body) · cy ysol (destroying texture or substance of a body) · sv frätande (destroying texture or substance of a body) · nb etsende (destroying texture or substance of a body) · el διαβρωτικός (destroying texture or substance of a body) · ca corrosiu (destroying texture or substance of a body) · tr aşındırıcı (destroying texture or substance of a body) · bg корозионен (destroying texture or substance of a body) · es corrosivo (destroying texture or substance of a body) · fi syövyttävä (destroying texture or substance of a body) · cs žíravý (destroying texture or substance of a body) · ru коррозийный (destroying texture or substance of a body) · nl corrosief (destroying texture or substance of a body) · cmn 腐蝕性的 /腐蚀性的 (destroying texture or substance of a body)