Dictionary entry

Vitriolic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vit′ri‐ol″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. vitriolique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol.

Vitriolic acid(Old Chem.), (a) sulphuric acid. See Vitriol (b).