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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•ro•sive /kəˈroʊsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - causing corrosion:The salt water has a corrosive effect on cars.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•ro•sive (kə rō′siv),USA pronunciation adj. - having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- harmful or destructive;
deleterious:the corrosive effect of poverty on their marriage. - sharply sarcastic;
caustic:corrosive comments on the speaker's integrity. n. - something corrosive, as an acid or drug.
- Latin as above
- Middle French
- Medieval Latin corrōsīvus, equivalent. to Latin corrōs(us) (see corrosion) + -īvus -ive; replacing Middle English corosif
- Middle French)
- late Middle English (1350–1400
cor•ro′sive•ly, adv. cor•ro′sive•ness, cor•ro•siv•i•ty (kôr′ō siv′i tē, kor′-),USA pronunciation n. |