单词 | vitriolize |
释义 | vitriolizev. 1. a. transitive. To convert into vitriol; to vitriolate. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > affect or treat with vitriol vitriolate1605 veneriate1665 vitriolize1694 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 581/1 Dissolve again in fair Water and Crystallize or Vitriolize as before. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 395 By long exposure to the air and moisture they are at last vitriolized. b. intransitive. To become vitriolated or vitriolic. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [verb (intransitive)] > become sulphated vitriolize1796 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 80 There are some that spontaneously effloresce and vitriolize. 1925 H. L. Mencken Let. 27 May in H. L. Mencken & S. Haardt Mencken & Sara (1987) 327 Such pyritæ as vitriolise sparingly and leisurely. 2. transitive. To injure with vitriol; to throw vitriol at (a person) with intent to injure. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > burn or scald forscalda1225 forseethe?c1225 scald1340 burn1509 powder-burn1782 vitriolize1886 vitriol1897 1886 Daily News 15 Mar. (Cassell's) The jury did not believe that the child from the same motive vitriolized himself. 1901 Daily Chron. 24 July 4/6 The painful case of a handsome girl who was ‘vitriolised’ by a rival. Derivatives ˈvitriolized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [adjective] > named salts > of or relating to sulphates > treated with vitriol vitriolate1665 vitriolated1788 vitriolized1891 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Nov. 7/1 Vitriolized spices and arsenicated coffee. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 6/3 With vitriolised drink supplied to you at fabulous prices. ˈvitriolizer n. one who throws vitriol with intent to injure. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful person > [noun] scatheOE plaguea1450 wounder1483 pestilenta1530 harmer1583 wronger1591 griever1598 injurier1598 injurer1611 nuisancer1769 vitriolizer1882 menace1936 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > burn or scald > one who vitriolizer1882 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Nov. 2 Thinking he had to deal with a vitriolizer the servant ran down to call a policeman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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