corrodiating

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Etymology

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See corrode and -ing.

Adjective

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corrodiating (comparative more corrodiating, superlative most corrodiating)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) corrosive
    • 1632, George Sandys, Annotations on Ovid's Metamorphoses:
      Styx is a fountain of Arcadia, whose waters are so deadly that they presently kill whatsoever drinks thereof; so corrodiating, that they can only be contained in the hoof of a mule.