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English

Etymology

corrosive +? -ness

Noun

corrosiveness (uncountable)

1. The quality or property of corroding or being corrosive, of eating away or disintegrating; acrimony.
2. (figuratively) Such property in some immaterial agent.
3. Some property characteristic of a corrosive substance, as its taste.

Synonyms

• corrosivity

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “corrosiveness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• corrosiveness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Old French corrosif.

Adjective

corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)

1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
3. destroying or undermining something gradually.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

corrosive (plural corrosives)

1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.?o.ziv/

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine singular of corrosif

Italian

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine plural of corrosivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kor.ro??si?.u?e/, [k?r?o??s?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kor.ro?si.ve/, [k?r???s?i?v?]

Adjective

corr?s?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of corr?s?vus