mordacious
Americanadjective
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biting or given to biting.
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sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- mordaciously adverb
- mordacity noun
Etymology
Origin of mordacious
1640–50; < Latin mordāci- (stem of mordāx given to biting) + -ous
Example Sentences
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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.
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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.
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Unable longer to endure the lash of his mordacious wit, Shaynon turned and left them alone on the balcony.
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