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English Dictionary: mordacious by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mordacious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mordacious
adj
  1. capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
    Synonym(s): barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
  2. biting or given to biting; "they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mordacious \Mor*da"cious\, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere,
      morsum, to bite. See {Morsel}.]
      Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;
      severe; scathing. -- {Mor*da"cious*ly}, adv.
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