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vitriolick

vitriolick is the obsolete form of vitriolic.

Meaning of vitriolic

Adjective

vitriolic (comparative more vitriolic, superlative most vitriolic)

  1. (dated) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol.
    • a vitriolic taste
  2. (figuratively) Bitterly scathing, caustic.
    • vitriolic criticism
    Antonyms:
    gentle, benign

Forms of vitriolick

comparativemore vitriolick
superlativemost vitriolick

Questions about vitriolick

What is vitriolick the obsolete form of?
Vitriolick is the obsolete form of vitriolic.

Words near vitriolick in the dictionary

  1. vitriolic
  2. vitriolic acid
  3. vitriolic acid air
  4. vitriolical
  5. vitriolically
  6. vitriolick
  7. vitrioling
  8. vitriolisation
  9. vitriolisations
  10. vitriolise
  11. vitriolised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vitriolick (page history and authors); vitriolic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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