Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The property of being mordacious; bitingness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
mordacious ;biting severity , orsarcastic quality.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disposition to biting
Etymologies
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Latin mordacitas: compare French mordacité. See mordacious.
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Examples
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Blondel accuses him of want of critical judgment, and Nadal of mordacity against Protestants.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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