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vitriolize en · VERB

Etymology

Compare French vitrioliser.

Meanings

  1. (dated, transitive) To convert into a vitriol.
  2. (dated, transitive) To injure (a person) with sulfuric acid, as by throwing it upon the face.
  3. (dated, transitive) To poison with vitriol.
    • Similarly, Something for Everyone was described as “an innocent seeming piece of Bavarian chocolate that has been vitriolized by hypodermic injection.” 2008, Lincoln Geraghty, Mark Jancovich, The Shifting Definitions of Genre, page 99:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
vitriolizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vitriolized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vitriolized Tense=Past lexicographic
vitriolizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

vitriolizable

Relateds

acid attack

Synonyms

vitriol · vitriolate