"vitriol" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪtɹiəl/ [US], /ˈvɪtɹiɑl/ [US], /ˈvɪtɹiɒl/ [Canada], /ˈvɪtɹiəl/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vitriol.wav Forms: vitriols [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vitriol}} Middle English vitriol, {{der|en|fro|vitriol}} Old French vitriol, {{der|en|ML.|vitriolum|t=sulfuric acid}} Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vitriol (countable and uncountable, plural vitriols)
  1. (dated) Any of various metal sulphates. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Translations (various metal sulphates): زَاج (zāj) [masculine] (Arabic), zağ (Azerbaijani), метален сулфат (metalen sulfat) (Bulgarian), vitriool [neuter] (Dutch), vitriolo (Esperanto), vihtrilli (Finnish), vitriol [masculine] (French), აჯასპი (aǯasṗi) (Georgian), Vitriol [neuter] (German), βιτριόλι (vitrióli) [neuter] (Greek), vitrial [masculine] (Irish), vetriolo (Italian), тотияйын (totiäiyn) (Kazakh), azech [masculine] (Old Spanish), زاج (zaç) (Ottoman Turkish), زاج (zâj) (Persian), vitríolo [masculine] (Portuguese), купоро́с (kuporós) [masculine] (Russian), га̏лица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gȁlica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vitriolo [masculine] (Spanish), vitriol (Swedish), зок (zok) (Tajik), zaç (Turkish), купорос (kuporos) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vitriol-en-noun-dljXamkT Disambiguation of 'various metal sulphates': 97 2 0
  2. (dated) oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid). Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Sulfur
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  3. (by extension) Bitterly abusive language. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vitriol-en-noun-en:language
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɪtɹiəl/ [US], /ˈvɪtɹiɑl/ [US], /ˈvɪtɹiɒl/ [Canada], /ˈvɪtɹiəl/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vitriol.wav Forms: vitriols [present, singular, third-person], vitrioling [participle, present], vitriolling [participle, present], vitrioled [participle, past], vitrioled [past], vitriolled [participle, past], vitriolled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vitriol}} Middle English vitriol, {{der|en|fro|vitriol}} Old French vitriol, {{der|en|ML.|vitriolum|t=sulfuric acid}} Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulfuric acid”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=vitriolled|pres_ptc2=vitriolling}} vitriol (third-person singular simple present vitriols, present participle vitrioling or vitriolling, simple past and past participle vitrioled or vitriolled)
  1. (transitive) To subject to bitter verbal abuse. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-vitriol-en-verb-SUnVcvK2
  2. (transitive, metallurgy) To dip in dilute sulfuric acid; to pickle. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Metallurgy
    Sense id: en-vitriol-en-verb-9J4~7-dK Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To vitriolize. Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-vitriol-en-verb-R4ExTmGY

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "blue vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "copper vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "elixir of vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "green vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hurl vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "iron vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oil of vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "red vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Roman vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "salt of vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spirit of vitriol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vitriolage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vitriolate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vitriol attack"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vitriolic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vitriolize"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vitriol of Mars"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "white vitriol"
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        "(dated) Any of various metal sulphates."
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          "ref": "2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times, retrieved 2012-11-02:",
          "text": "For days, online forums sparked with outrage against politicians and race organizers, a tone that turned to vitriol against runners, even from some shaming other runners for being selfish.",
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        "Bitterly abusive language."
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          "bitterly"
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        "(by extension) Bitterly abusive language."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪtɹiəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪtɹiɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪtɹiɒl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪtɹiəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vitriol.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vitriol.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vitriol.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vitriol.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-vitriol.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vitriol"
  ],
  "word": "vitriol"
}

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