My Word! October 8

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Vesicant

Ves-i-cant

Noun

An agent (such as a chemical weapon) that induces blistering

Under the right circumstances, boiling water spilled on your arm can act as a vesicant.

Yep, back to Latin again, this time from vesica, meaning bladder or blister.Β  It first shows up in English in 1661.

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