[ˈvɪtrɪəl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- bitter criticism or malice
(e.g: her mother's sudden gush of fury and vitriol)

- sulphuric acid
(e.g: it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face)


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