VITRIOL MEANING IN FRENCH

Definition & Synonyms

• Vitriol

1. (n.) To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.
2. (n.) To vitriolize.
3. (n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.
4. (n.) Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.