caustique

Learned borrowing from Latin causticus (“burning”), from the Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”).

• IPA^(key): /kos.tik/

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caustique (plural caustiques)

1. caustic (capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue)

   soude caustique ― caustic soda, lye

2. (figuratively) caustic, scathing, biting, pungent

• caustiquement
• causticité

• → Greek: καυστικός (kafstikós) (learned)
• →⇒ Polish: kaustyczny, kostyczny

• “caustique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012