Mordacious

[mɒ:'deiʃәs]

Definition

(adj.) biting or given to biting; 'they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount' .

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Definition

(a.) Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Biting, pungent, stinging, cutting, sharp, mordant.[2]. Poignant, caustic, sarcastic, satirical.

Typist: Tito

Definition

adj. given to biting: biting: (fig.) sarcastic: severe.—adv. Mordā′ciously.—n. Mordac′ity quality of being mordacious: biting severity.—adj. Mor′dant biting sarcastic severe: serving to fix colours.—n. any substance as alum used to give permanency or brilliancy to dyes: a glutinous size as a ground for gilding matter to make gold-leaf adhere: any corrosive liquid by which the biting in etching is effected.—v.t. to treat with a mordant.—adv. Mor′dantly.—ns. Mor′dicancy Mordicā′tion.

Editor: Matt