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mordacious

[ mawr-dey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. biting or given to biting.
  2. sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc.


mordacious

/ mɔːˈdæsɪtɪ; mɔːˈdeɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. sarcastic, caustic, or biting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • morˈdaciously, adverb
  • mordacity, noun
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Other Words From

  • mor·dacious·ly adverb
  • mor·dac·i·ty [mawr-, das, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mordacious1

1640–50; < Latin mordāci- (stem of mordāx given to biting) + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mordacious1

C17: from Latin mordax, from mordēre to bite
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Example Sentences

Warton contents himself with what he calls “a sensible criticism,” taken from Harrison, a Protestant minister, and one of the partners of Holinshed’s Chronicle; it is as mordacious as a periodical criticism.

Hard, mordacious, no man's friend … that was the David Drennen who at P�re Marquette's f�te sought any quarrel to which he might lay his hands.

Unable longer to endure the lash of his mordacious wit, Shaynon turned and left them alone on the balcony.

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