See Also: Caustic(medicine)
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caustic (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: causticus, from Greek, from kaiein 'to burn']
a caustic substance can burn through things by chemical action
::caustic soda (=a chemical used for cleaning things)
a caustic remark criticizes someone in a way that is unkind but often cleverly humorous
caustic wit/comments/remark etc
::Eliot appreciated Pound's caustic wit.
-- caustically /-kli/ adv
::'I can hardly wait,' Sir Trevor replied caustically.