caustic, -a adj. (vgr. kaustikos). Med. Arzator, coroziv: peatra [!] iadului e caustica. Fig. Muscator, satiric: spirit caustic. Adv. In mod caustic. – Corect ar fi caustic.

CHAMFORT [sãfor], Nicolas (pseud. lui Sebastien-Roch Nicolas, zis de ~) (1741-1794), moralist si pamfletar francez. spirit caustic, mizantrop paradoxal, antiaristocratic („Maxime si ginduri, caractere si anecdote”).