English search results for: caustic

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. bitter, brackish, pungent
  2. harsh, shrill
  3. ill-natured, caustic
  4. sad, calamitous
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. acrimony
  2. briskness
  3. caustic/corrosive/pungent quality
  4. indigestion
  5. vigor
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. biting, snappish
  2. caustic
  3. cutting, sharp
  4. tart
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#4

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. biting/mordant/caustic/incisive wit/raillery/banter/ridicule
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (pure Latin scelerata)
  2. caustic plant
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#6

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. caustic/blistering preparation/medicament
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#7

adjective

Definitions:

  1. caustic, corrosive, burning
  2. [~ spuma => lye with which Germans colored hair]
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Units/Measures
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)