"caustique" meaning in All languages combined

See caustique on Wiktionary

Adjective [French]

IPA: /kos.tik/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-caustique.wav Forms: caustiques [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin causticus (“burning”), from the Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|causticus||burning}} Learned borrowing from Latin causticus (“burning”), {{der|fr|grc|καυστικός||burning}} Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} caustique (plural caustiques)
  1. caustic (capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue)
    Sense id: en-caustique-fr-adj-4advVJIo Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. (figuratively) caustic, scathing, biting, pungent Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-caustique-fr-adj-3LeLgJbo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caustiquement, causticité

Inflected forms

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