How to say Caustic
caus·tic [kaw-stik]
–adjective
1.capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
2.severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark.
–noun
3.a caustic substance.
4.Optics.
a.caustic curve.
b.caustic surface.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L causticus < Gk kaustikós burning, caustic, equiv. to kaust(ós) burnt (v. adj. of kaíein to burn) + -ikos -ic]
2008-07-10 11:45 AM PDT by
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