Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.
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- noun The act of
biting orcorroding .
Etymologies
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Latin mordicatio.
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madmouth commented on the word mordication
Apparently the obsolete meaning of this is akin to 'rash'
Much more sophisticated, that. "I can't go anywhere til I get some medication for my mordication"
December 23, 2013
bilby commented on the word mordication
If only Squeeze could have worked it into Cool For Cats.
December 26, 2013