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mordacity

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mor⋅da⋅cious

  [mawr-dey-shuhs]
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–adjective
1. biting or given to biting.
2. sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc.
Origin:
1640–50; < L mordāci- (s. of mordāx given to biting) + -ous

Related forms:
mor⋅da⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
mor⋅dac⋅i⋅ty  [mawr-das-i-tee] , noun
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mor·da·cious   (môr-dā'shəs)   
adj.  

  1. Given to biting; biting.

  2. Caustic; sarcastic.


[Latin mordāx, mordāc- (from mordēre, to bite; see mer- in Indo-European roots) + -ious.]
mor·da'cious·ly adv., mor·dac'i·ty (-dās'ĭ-tē) n.
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