Caustic word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "caustic" word

[noun] any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
[adjective] of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
[adjective] harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"

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\Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs, Ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. Cf. {Calm}, {Ink}.] 1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing. 2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark. {Caustic curve} (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. {Caustic lime}. See under {Lime}. {Caustic potash}, {Caustic soda} (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, {KOH}, and soda, {NaOH}, or solutions of the same. {Caustic silver}, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. {Caustic surface} (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction. Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
\Cau"stic\, n. [L. causticum (sc. medicamentum). See {Caustic}, a.] 1. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic. 2. (Optics) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Synonyms for caustic

acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, corrosive, destructive, erosive, sulfurous, sulphurous, unpleasant, venomous, virulent, vitriolic

See also: chemical compound | compound | lye | silver nitrate |

Related terms: acerbic, actual cautery, antipathetic, astringent, cautery, conchoid, curl, destructive, dry, fierce, ironic, irritating, penetrating, Rabelaisian, rankled, salty, scathing, scorching, severe, splenetic, vitriolic, withering

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Let's analyse "caustic" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: CITSUAC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1885 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.-. .- ..- ... - .. -.-.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: caustic: 1 + 3 + 9 = 13, reduced: 4 . and the final result is Four.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: caustic: 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 3 = 22, reduced: 22, and the final result is Twenty-Two.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (2)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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