Causticity

Quick meaning: Causticity is a noun meaning The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.

Meaning

The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) Being caustic in speech, humour etc.

Example Sentences

[…] one in whom a discreet causticity went along with a manner less genial than polite […]

He had not, he remarked with crushing causticity to one of his ministers, liberated France ‘to worry about the macaroni ration’.

Some years ago, we read in a U.S. trade paper a method for determining causticity of bottle-washing solution when foil labels are contained on the bottles undergoing cleansing treatment.

Causticity is that sharp and corroding quality, which many substances possess, such as the mineral acids, especially when concentrated, alkalies fixed and volatile, quicklime, arsenic, corrosive sublimate, lunar crystals, butter of antimony, and even most other salts with metallic bases.

Word Forms

• causticities

Synonyms for causticity

Depending on context, synonyms include pungency.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include corrosiveness, causticness, acidity, acridity, scathingness, abrasiveness.

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