mordaciousadj.

Brit.

/mɔːˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/mɔrˈdeɪʃəs/

Forms: 1600s– mordacious, 1800s mordaceous (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mordāc- , mordāx , -ious suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin mordāc-, mordāx given to biting, corrosive, sharp to the taste, stinging, (of people, remarks, etc.) biting, caustic ( < mordēre to bite (see mordant adj.) + -āx : see -acious suffix) + -ious suffix; compare -acious suffix. Compare Italian mordace (a1292), Spanish mordaz (1467), Portuguese mordaz (16th cent.), Catalan mordaç (1628). Compare earlier mordant adj.

1. Caustic or sarcastic in tone; (of a comment, remark, etc.) biting, sharp, acerbic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant

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toothed1628

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peppery1826

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lashing1900

1648 T. Blount Catal. in H. Estienne Art making Devises (New ed.) 71 The Earle of Carnarvan was thus mordacious in his Devise, wherein he had a Lyon depainted, and 6 Dogs bayting or baying at him.

1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 315 Then..shall I neither have power nor punishment to bridle thy mordacious insolency [It. la tua mordace insolenza].

1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 270 Grand-duke and taxes were synonimes, according to this mordacious lexicographer!

1944 William & Mary Q. 1 327 All related in the same witty, sometimes flippant, and frequently mordacious style.

1979 Punch 25 July 129/1 Peter Jay's mordacious warnings about the bleak future of NATO.

†2. Of a substance: stinging, corrosive, caustic. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > of material substances: biting, bitter, pungent

mordicant1603

mordacious1657

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Qq3 One [nettle] whose leaves are improbously mordacious [L. Vna foliorum improba mordacitate].

1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 29 All Earths abounding more or less in their peculiar Salts..; some sweet and more grateful; others bitter, mordacious, or astringent.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 232 So mordacious a matter must never be carried off by vomit.

3. Esp. of an animal: that bites or is likely to bite; given to biting. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > that bites

mordant1611

mordacious1678

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 79 The Mountain Falcon..is very ravenous, mordacious.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 450 They likewise assured us the bats were very mordacious.

1801 J. Jones tr. T. Bugge Trav. French Republic xiv. 335 Serpents in general, and mordaceous ones in particular.

1875 E. J. Payne Burke's Sel. Wks. II. Introd. 59 The mordacious snarl of the cur.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Mar. b1 A small-scale L.A. musical in which that mordacious man-about-necks [sc. Dracula] figures prominently.

1980 V. Scannell New & Coll. Poems 199 Mordacious winds come howling from their cage.

Derivatives

† mordaciously adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > mordantly

nippingly1542

cuttingly1611

mordaciously1657

pungently1658

mordantly1836

stingingly1873

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Qq3 [A nettle] by the Greeks called sometimes..Cnide, because it punges mordaciously [L. moleste pungat].

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 201 Buchanan, a learned though violent Scot, has mordaciously taunted this tradition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mordacious
释义	mordaciousadj. Brit. /mɔːˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S. /mɔrˈdeɪʃəs/ Forms: 1600s– mordacious, 1800s mordaceous (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mordāc- , mordāx , -ious suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin mordāc-, mordāx given to biting, corrosive, sharp to the taste, stinging, (of people, remarks, etc.) biting, caustic ( < mordēre to bite (see mordant adj.) + -āx : see -acious suffix) + -ious suffix; compare -acious suffix. Compare Italian mordace (a1292), Spanish mordaz (1467), Portuguese mordaz (16th cent.), Catalan mordaç (1628). Compare earlier mordant adj. 1. Caustic or sarcastic in tone; (of a comment, remark, etc.) biting, sharp, acerbic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant smartc1330 unkeen?a1425 mordant1474 piquant1521 pugnant1537 quick1542 nippingc1547 nippy1575 cutting1582 yarking1593 stinging1600 pointed1617 pungent1619 toothed1628 aculeate1640 mordacious1648 aculeated1655 piperaceous1674 peppery1826 pointy1883 lashing1900 1648 T. Blount Catal. in H. Estienne Art making Devises (New ed.) 71 The Earle of Carnarvan was thus mordacious in his Devise, wherein he had a Lyon depainted, and 6 Dogs bayting or baying at him. 1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iv. 315 Then..shall I neither have power nor punishment to bridle thy mordacious insolency [It. la tua mordace insolenza]. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 270 Grand-duke and taxes were synonimes, according to this mordacious lexicographer! 1944 William & Mary Q. 1 327 All related in the same witty, sometimes flippant, and frequently mordacious style. 1979 Punch 25 July 129/1 Peter Jay's mordacious warnings about the bleak future of NATO. †2. Of a substance: stinging, corrosive, caustic. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent sharpc1000 hotc1175 poignantc1387 keen1398 angryc1400 eager?c1400 tartc1405 argutec1420 mordicative?a1425 mordificative?a1425 piperinea1425 pungitive?a1425 pikea1475 vehement1490 oversharpa1500 over-stronga1500 penetrating?1576 penetrative1578 quick1578 piercing1593 exalted1594 mordicant1603 acute1620 toothed1628 pungent1644 piquant1645 tartarous1655 mordacious1657 piperate1683 peppery1684 tartish1712 hyperoxide1816 snell1835 mordanta1845 shrill1864 piperitious1890 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > of material substances: biting, bitter, pungent mordicant1603 mordacious1657 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Qq3 One [nettle] whose leaves are improbously mordacious [L. Vna foliorum improba mordacitate]. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 29 All Earths abounding more or less in their peculiar Salts..; some sweet and more grateful; others bitter, mordacious, or astringent. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 232 So mordacious a matter must never be carried off by vomit. 3. Esp. of an animal: that bites or is likely to bite; given to biting. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > that bites mordant1611 mordacious1678 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 79 The Mountain Falcon..is very ravenous, mordacious. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 450 They likewise assured us the bats were very mordacious. 1801 J. Jones tr. T. Bugge Trav. French Republic xiv. 335 Serpents in general, and mordaceous ones in particular. 1875 E. J. Payne Burke's Sel. Wks. II. Introd. 59 The mordacious snarl of the cur. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Mar. b1 A small-scale L.A. musical in which that mordacious man-about-necks [sc. Dracula] figures prominently. 1980 V. Scannell New & Coll. Poems 199 Mordacious winds come howling from their cage. Derivatives † mordaciously adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > mordantly nippingly1542 cuttingly1611 mordaciously1657 pungently1658 mordantly1836 stingingly1873 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Qq3 [A nettle] by the Greeks called sometimes..Cnide, because it punges mordaciously [L. moleste pungat]. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 201 Buchanan, a learned though violent Scot, has mordaciously taunted this tradition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1648
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