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Definition of Mordacity
1. Noun. A disposition to biting.
Definition of Mordacity
1. n. The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
Definition of Mordacity
1. Noun. The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. ¹
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Definition of Mordacity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mordacity
Literary usage of Mordacity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"201. mordacity (mor-das'i-ti), n. ... Such things as have very thin parts, yet
notwithstanding are without all acrimony or mordacity, are very good sal- ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1848)
"Also, such things as have very thin parts, yet, notwithstanding, are without all
acrimony or mordacity, are very good salads ; which virtue we find to be in ..."
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