Both Uses of
caustic
in
Middlemarch
- "Lydgate would say that was not worth knowing," said Mr. Ned, purposely caustic.
Chpt 3caustic = sarcastic, critical, or harsh
- He had found more words than usual in the first jet of his anger, but Mr. Brooke's propitiation was more clogging to his tongue than Mr. Cadwallader's caustic hint.
Chpt 8 *caustic = sarcastic
Definitions:
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(1)
(caustic as in: a caustic chemical) damaging or harsh -- often of a corrosive chemical like a strong acid
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(2)
(caustic as in: a caustic person) sarcastic, critical, or harsh