mordacious

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Calvinist, vented in his writings a mordacious hatred of the Papacy and of the religion from which he had seceded.

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  1. adjective Given to biting; biting.
  2. adjective Caustic; sarcastic.

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  • Calvinist, vented in his writings a mordacious hatred of the Papacy and of the religion from which he had seceded. —  The Life of Cesare Borgia
  • Unable longer to endure the lash of his mordacious wit, Shaynon turned and left them alone on the balcony. —  The Day of Days An Extravaganza
  • Hard, mordacious, no man's friend ... that was the —  Wolf Breed
  • But with one great and splendid virtue was he endowed in the eyes of the enemies of the House of Borgia -- contemporary, and subsequent down to our times -- a most profound, unchristian, and mordacious hatred of all —  The Life of Cesare Borgia
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin mordāx, mordāc- (from mordēre, to bite; see mer- in Indo-European roots) + -ious.

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  1. = Old French mordace = Spanish Portuguese mordaz = Italian mordace, from Latin mordax (mordac-), biting, from mordere, bite: see mordant.
 

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