corrodent

An adaptation of corrōdent-, the stem of the Latin corrōdēns (“gnawing”, “corroding”), the present participle of corrōdō (“I gnaw [to pieces]”).

corrodent (comparative more corrodent, superlative most corrodent)

1. corrosive

• (corrosive): corrodant

corrodent (plural corrodents)

1. Anything that corrodes.
   • 1880, Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine of Utah:

     In fact, it is used in a variety of medicines; we boil, burn, and distil it, to produce salts, corrodents, sublimates, […]

   • 1951, Food Engineering, volume 23, page 143:

     Hex nut is made of carbon steel or Monel, while parts coming in contact with corrodents are made of metals suited to the particular applications.

• (anything that corrodes): corrodant

corrodent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of corroder

• corderont

corrōdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of corrōdō