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   vitriol

   /ˈvɪtrɪəl/

   noun

   • 1. bitter criticism or malice: "her mother's sudden gush of fury and vitriol"
   • 2. sulphuric acid: archaic, literary "it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face"
   • ▪ in names of metallic sulphates, e.g. blue vitriol (copper sulphate) and green vitriol (ferrous sulphate).

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the sulphate of various metals): from Old French, or from medieval Latin vitriolum, from Latin vitrum ‘glass’.

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