Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The property of being mordacious; bitingness.

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

  • noun The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a disposition to biting

Etymologies

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Latin mordacitas: compare French mordacité. See mordacious.

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