Word Meaning

Meaning of "vitriol" and the crossword clue

- Bitterness
- Scathing criticism - sulphuric acid
- A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.
- Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.