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mor⋅dant

  [mawr-dnt]
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–adjective
1. sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.
2. burning; corrosive.
3. having the property of fixing colors, as in dyeing.
–noun
4. a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, esp. a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
5. an adhesive substance for binding gold or silver leaf to a surface.
6. an acid or other corrosive substance used in etching to eat out the lines, areas, etc.
7. Music. mordent.
–verb (used with object)
8. to impregnate or treat with a mordant.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF, prp. of mordre to bite ≪ L mordēre; see -ant

Related forms:
mor⋅dant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. cutting, stinging, acerbic, scathing.
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mor·dant   (môr'dnt)   
adj.  

    1. Bitingly sarcastic: mordant satire.

    2. Incisive and trenchant: an inquisitor's mordant questioning.

  2. Bitingly painful.

  3. Serving to fix colors in dyeing.

n.  

  1. A reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials.

  2. A corrosive substance, such as an acid, used in etching.

tr.v.   mor·dant·ed, mor·dant·ing, mor·dants
To treat with a mordant.

[French, from Old French, present participle of mordre, to bite, from Vulgar Latin *mordere, from Latin mordēre; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]
mor'dan·cy n., mor'dant·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

mordant  (adj.)
1474, "caustic" (of words, speech), from M.Fr. mordant, lit. "biting," prp. of mordre "to bite," from L. mordere "to bite or sting" (see smart (v.)). The noun sense in dyeing is first recorded 1791; the adj. in this sense is from 1902.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mor·dant
Pronunciation: 'mord-&nt
Function: noun
: a chemical that fixes a dye in or on a substance by combining with thedye to form an insoluble compound —mordant transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

mordant mor·dant (môr'dnt)
adj.
Serving to fix colors in dyeing. n.
A reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or other materials. v. mor·dant·ed, mor·dant·ing, mor·dants
To treat with a mordant.

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