mordancy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mordancy
Example Sentences
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This and other sketches hang heavily on guest star power as opposed to mordancy, but the best contend that maybe it was inevitable that we would end up where we are now.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Huff doesn’t mention that detail, but there’s mordancy in it; this is a play about the state of the nation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
I wish I could reproduce for you the tone of affectionate philosophical mordancy with which he’d pronounce it.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 2, 2019
Cronenberg's film has a similar mordancy, though at the end – and probably deliberately – it doesn't touch the heart or elicit much compassion for the protagonist.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2012
Attorney Despeaux moderated his mordancy and became tolerantly patient in enlightening the ignorance of one of his employers.
From All-Wool Morrison by Holman Day
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