Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.

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  • noun The act of biting or corroding.

Etymologies

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Latin mordicatio.

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  • Apparently the obsolete meaning of this is akin to 'rash'

    Much more sophisticated, that. "I can't go anywhere til I get some medication for my mordication"

    December 23, 2013

  • If only Squeeze could have worked it into Cool For Cats.

    December 26, 2013