vesicant means causing blistering to the skin. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin vēsīcāns, present participle of vēsīcō. By surface analysis, vesic- + -ant.
adj
- Causing blistering to the skin.
noun
- Any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin.“Rubber-clothed figures entered from an inner room like divers in air. Some of the vesicant-proof suits did not fit and the wearers moved uncomfortably and clumsily.”