Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vitriolic \Vit`ri*ol"ic\, a. [Cf. F. vitriolique.] (Chem.)
   Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling,
   vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. {Vitriol}.

   {Vitriolic acid} (Old Chem.),
   (a) sulphuric acid. See {Vitriol}
   (b) . [Colloq.]