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mordacity

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From Middle French mordacité (whence -acity), from Latin mordācitās (“quality of biting”), from mordāx (“biting, snappish, tart”), from mordeō (“bite, nibble”). Compare French mordacité. See mordacious.

noun mordacities

  1. uncountable, usually The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. such things as have very thin parts , yet notwithstanding are without all acrirumony or mordacity

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@misc{mordacity_2026,
  title = {mordacity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mordacity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}