Mordacity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mordacity is a noun meaning The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
Meaning
The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
Example Sentences
Carlyle resisted the temptation to laugh outright, but mordacity lurked in his voice.
such things as have very thin parts , yet notwithstanding are without all acrirumony or mordacity
Word Forms
- mordacities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mordicancy, mordancy, bitingness, acidity, scathingness, menacingness.
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