"caustic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːstɪk/, /ˈkɒstɪk/ Audio: en-us-caustic.ogg [US] Forms: more caustic [comparative], most caustic [superlative]
enPR: kôs'tĭk Rhymes: -ɔːstɪk Etymology: From the Latin causticus (“burning”), from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”), from καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) + -ικός (-ikós). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|causticus||burning}} Latin causticus (“burning”), {{der|en|grc|καυστικός||burning}} Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”), {{suffix|grc|καυστός|ικός|nocat=1|t1=burnt}} καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) + -ικός (-ikós) Head templates: {{en-adj}} caustic (comparative more caustic, superlative most caustic)
  1. Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue. Synonyms (capable of destroying tissue): acidic, biting, burning, corrosive, searing Translations (capable of destroying organic tissue): cáusticu (Asturian), разяждащ (razjaždašt) (Bulgarian), càustic (Catalan), žíravý [masculine] (Czech), kaustisk (Danish), ætsende (Danish), corrosief (Dutch), bijtend (Dutch), syövyttävä (Finnish), kaustinen (Finnish), cáustico (Galician), zersetzend (German), beißend (German), καυστικός (kafstikós) [masculine] (Greek), maró (Hungarian), caustico (Italian), идэмхий (idemxii) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kaustisk (Norwegian Bokmål), kaustisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), kaustyczny [masculine] (Polish), żrący [masculine] (Polish), cáustico (Portuguese), е́дкий (jédkij) (Russian), loisgeach (Scottish Gaelic), cáustico (Spanish), каустичний (kaustyčnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), їдкий (jidkyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-caustic-en-adj-qPyGN8fd Disambiguation of 'capable of destroying tissue': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'capable of destroying organic tissue': 97 3
  2. (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way. Tags: usually Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms (severe, sharp): bitchy, biting, catty, mordacious, nasty, sarcastic, scathing, sharp, spiteful, vitriolic Translations (severe; satirical; sharp): хаплив (hapliv) (Bulgarian), язвителен (jazvitelen) (Bulgarian), 尖酸嘅 (zim¹ syun¹ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), sžíravý [masculine] (Czech), ætsende (Danish), bidende (Danish), skarp (Danish), streng (Dutch), scherp (Dutch), schamper (Dutch), pureva (Finnish), ivallinen (Finnish), myrkyllinen (Finnish), scharf (German), beißend (German), bissig (German), ätzend (German), sarkastisch (German), καυστικός (kafstikós) [masculine] (Greek), caustico (Italian), آجی (acı) (note: of words) (Ottoman Turkish), cáustico (Portuguese), уїдливий (ujidlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-caustic-en-adj-be5hI4UC Disambiguation of Personality: 10 52 11 3 2 22 Disambiguation of 'severe, sharp': 13 87 Disambiguation of 'severe; satirical; sharp': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caustic alkali, caustic ammonia, caustic curve, caustic lime, caustic pencil, caustic potash, caustic soda, caustic sulphite caramel, caustic surface Related terms: cauterize, encaustic, holocaust, homocaust, hypocaust, ink

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːstɪk/, /ˈkɒstɪk/ Audio: en-us-caustic.ogg [US] Forms: caustics [plural]
enPR: kôs'tĭk Rhymes: -ɔːstɪk Etymology: From the Latin causticus (“burning”), from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”), from καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) + -ικός (-ikós). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|causticus||burning}} Latin causticus (“burning”), {{der|en|grc|καυστικός||burning}} Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”), {{suffix|grc|καυστός|ικός|nocat=1|t1=burnt}} καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) + -ικός (-ikós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} caustic (plural caustics)
  1. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic. Translations (substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue): žíravina [feminine] (Czech), syövyttävä aine (Finnish), Ätzmittel [neuter] (German), καυστικό (kafstikó) [neuter] (Greek), cáustico [masculine] (Portuguese), caustic (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-caustic-en-noun-1Jk054CW Disambiguation of 'substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue': 68 11 5 16
  2. (optics, computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object. Categories (topical): Computer graphics, Optics Translations (envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object): polttopinta (Finnish), Kaustik [feminine] (German), caustica [feminine] (Italian), cáustica [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-caustic-en-noun-WUUun0W2 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics, sciences Disambiguation of 'envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object': 2 65 26 7
  3. (mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve): polttopinta (Finnish), Kaustik [feminine] (German), caustica [feminine] (Italian), cáustica [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-caustic-en-noun-XHpAE0N0 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve': 1 31 66 2
  4. (informal, chemistry) Caustic soda. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-caustic-en-noun-nLPap6tr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 17 8 20 5 41 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: common caustic, lunar caustic

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian caustico or Latin causticus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|it|caustico|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian caustico, {{bor+|ro|it|caustico}} Borrowed from Italian caustico, {{bor|ro|la|causticus}} Latin causticus Head templates: {{ro-adj}} caustic m or n (feminine singular caustică, masculine plural caustici, feminine and neuter plural caustice) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: caustică [feminine, singular], caustici [masculine, plural], caustice [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caustic [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], caustică [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], caustici [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], caustice [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], causticul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], caustica [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], causticii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], causticele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], caustic [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], caustice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], caustici [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], caustice [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], causticului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], causticei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], causticilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], causticelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. burning, caustic, corrosive Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-caustic-ro-adj-4823ry2E Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "cáusticu"
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          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "ætsende"
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          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
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          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "syövyttävä"
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          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "kaustinen"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "cáustico"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "zersetzend"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "maró"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "caustico"
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "idemxii",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "идэмхий"
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          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "kaustisk"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "żrący"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "cáustico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jédkij",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "е́дкий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "loisgeach"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "word": "cáustico"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kaustyčnyj",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "каустичний"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jidkyj",
          "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "їдкий"
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        {
          "ref": "1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol",
          "text": "\"How now!\" said Scrooge, caustic and cold as ever.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit",
          "text": "The bargain was not concluded as easily as might have been expected though, for Scadder was caustic and ill-humoured, and cast much unnecessary opposition in the way",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette",
          "text": "Madame Beck esteemed me learned and blue; Miss Fanshawe, caustic, ironic, and cynical",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1857, Anthony Trollope, The Three Clerks",
          "text": "The Secretary and the Assistant-Secretaries would say little caustic things about him to the senior clerks, and seemed somewhat to begrudge him his new honours.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge",
          "text": "this set of worthies, who were only too prone to shut up their emotions with caustic words.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1930, W.H.Auden, The Quest",
          "text": "though he came too late / To join the martyrs, there was still a place / Among the tempters for a caustic tongue / / To test the resolution of the young / With tales of the small failings of the great",
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        [
          "biting",
          "biting"
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        [
          "sarcastic",
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          "scathing",
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        "(of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way."
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "bitchy"
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "biting"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "catty"
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "mordacious"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "nasty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "sarcastic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "scathing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "sharp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "spiteful"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "severe, sharp",
          "word": "vitriolic"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hapliv",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "хаплив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "jazvitelen",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "язвителен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zim¹ syun¹ ge³",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "尖酸嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "sžíravý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "ætsende"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "bidende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "skarp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "streng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "scherp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "schamper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
          "word": "pureva"
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        {
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          "ref": "1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit",
          "text": "The bargain was not concluded as easily as might have been expected though, for Scadder was caustic and ill-humoured, and cast much unnecessary opposition in the way",
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          "ref": "1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette",
          "text": "Madame Beck esteemed me learned and blue; Miss Fanshawe, caustic, ironic, and cynical",
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          "ref": "1857, Anthony Trollope, The Three Clerks",
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          "ref": "1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge",
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          "ref": "c. 1930, W.H.Auden, The Quest",
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      "sense": "capable of destroying tissue",
      "word": "acidic"
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      "word": "biting"
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    {
      "sense": "capable of destroying tissue",
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      "sense": "capable of destroying tissue",
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      "sense": "capable of destroying tissue",
      "word": "searing"
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      "sense": "severe, sharp",
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      "sense": "severe, sharp",
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    {
      "sense": "severe, sharp",
      "word": "catty"
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    {
      "sense": "severe, sharp",
      "word": "mordacious"
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    {
      "sense": "severe, sharp",
      "word": "nasty"
    },
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      "sense": "severe, sharp",
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      "sense": "severe, sharp",
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    {
      "sense": "severe, sharp",
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      "sense": "severe, sharp",
      "word": "spiteful"
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      "sense": "severe, sharp",
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "cáusticu"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "razjaždašt",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "разяждащ"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "càustic"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žíravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "kaustisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "kaustisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "ætsende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "corrosief"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "bijtend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "syövyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "kaustinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "cáustico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "zersetzend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "beißend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kafstikós",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καυστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "maró"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "caustico"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "idemxii",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "идэмхий"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "kaustisk"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "kaustisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaustyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "żrący"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "cáustico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jédkij",
      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "е́дкий"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "capable of destroying organic tissue",
      "word": "loisgeach"
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      "word": "cáustico"
    },
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      "word": "хаплив"
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      "roman": "jazvitelen",
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      "word": "язвителен"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "尖酸嘅"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "sžíravý"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "ætsende"
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      "word": "streng"
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      "word": "scherp"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "schamper"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "pureva"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "ivallinen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "myrkyllinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "scharf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "beißend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "bissig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "ätzend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "sarkastisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "καυστικός"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
      "word": "caustico"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "آجی"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "cáustico"
    },
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      "sense": "severe; satirical; sharp",
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      "word": "уїдливий"
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    {
      "form": "caustice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "caustic m or n (feminine singular caustică, masculine plural caustici, feminine and neuter plural caustice)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian adjectives",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from Italian",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Romanian terms derived from Italian",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "burning, caustic, corrosive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "burning",
          "burning"
        ],
        [
          "caustic",
          "caustic#English"
        ],
        [
          "corrosive",
          "corrosive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caustic"
}

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