corrosiveness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English corrosive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English corrosiveness From corrosive + -ness.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The quality or property of corroding or being corrosive, of eating away or disintegrating; acrimony.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Such property in some immaterial agent.
- (uncountable) Some property characteristic of a corrosive substance, as its taste.