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oil of vitriol

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
oil of vit-ri-ol
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sulfuric acid.

Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

So called from its oily consistency and from its forming the "vitriols" or sulfates. This term was coined by the 8th-century alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan, the chemical's probable discoverer.

Usage

Synonyms

vitriol sulfuric acid sulphuric acid

Questions

What does oil of vitriol mean?
Sulfuric acid.
Where does oil of vitriol come from?
So called from its oily consistency and from its forming the "vitriols" or sulfates. This term was coined by the 8th-century alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan, the chemical's probable discoverer.

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