mordacious
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mordacious
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From Latin mordax (“given to biting, corrosive”) (from mordere (“to bite, sting”)) + -ious.
adjective more mordacious · most mordacious
- Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
- Sharp or caustic in style or tone.
- Sharp in intent, sarcastic. And that is really the long and the short of the whole matter, my mordacious friend.
- Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.). Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.
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adj biting, causing a bite or sting
| Русский | е́дкий jédkij |
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adj biting, sharp or caustic in style or tone
| Español | mordaz |
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| Русский | язви́тельный jazvítelʹnyj, е́дкий jédkij |
adj sharp in intent, sarcastic
| Русский | язви́тельный jazvítelʹnyj, е́дкий jédkij |
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Talk about this word "mordacious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mordacious. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mordacious. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mordacious "mordacious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mordacious.Cite this
@misc{mordacious_2026,
title = {mordacious},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mordacious},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
