Both Uses of
corrosive
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- STEPHEN: (Panting) His noncorrosive sublimate!†
Chpt 15
- After completion of laconic epistolary compositions she abandoned the implement of calligraphy in the encaustic pigment, exposed to the corrosive action of copperas, green vitriol and nutgall.†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
-
(corrosive) damaging or harmful -- such as when describing a strong acid or bad behavior
or (more rarely):
something causing damage or harm -- such as a strong acid