mordacityn.

Brit.

/mɔːˈdasᵻti/, U.S.

/mɔrˈdæsədi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s mordacitie, 1600s– mordacity.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mordacité.

Etymology: < Middle French, French mordacité quality of a corrosive substance (1490; early 16th cent. in figurative sense) < classical Latin mordācitās the power of biting or stinging (in Pliny Nat. Hist.; also in post-classical Latin in sense 2 (4th cent.)) < mordāc- , mordax (see mordacious adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Compare Italian mordacità corrosive quality (c1340; 1558 in figurative sense ‘gossip, acrimony’; 1643 in sense ‘biting strength, pungency’).

†1. Pungency, sharpness, penetrating power. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency

peppera1425

tangc1440

mordacity1583

heat1586

saltness1612

piquantness1648

quickness1652

subtilty1661

penetratingness1662

pungency1663

piquancy1664

poignancy1677

mordicancy1693

pertness1756

causticity1772

poignance1782

pungence1810

warmth1816

piquance1867

zinginess1938

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. vi. 63 Medicines which do..stop sharpnesse and mordacitie.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 83 It goeth into..collyries or eye~salues, by reason of a certain subtil mordacitie and penetratiue qualitie that it hath.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §301 Most medicines do depone all their acrimony and mordacity.

1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 57 The young..Roots..affording a very grateful mordacity.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet The Mordacity thus allay'd, be sure to make the Mortar very clean before you stamp any thing else in it.

2. Mordant or caustic quality in speech or writing; sarcasm, acerbity.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > mordancy

mordacityc1630

mordancy1656

pungency1665

bitingness1894

bite1899

c1630 C. More Life Sir T. Moore i. 24 He ieasteth, but without mordacitie.

1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 168 But for all these speeches of anger and mordacity, London has bin and I hope yet will be London.

1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 329 His mordacity, his sarcasm.., contribute to his reader's amusement more than comports with his graver tasks.

1846 E. A. Poe L. Osborn in Wks. (1864) III. 55 Its mordacity cannot be gainsaid.

1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 449 If I translated the sense o' cancer directly Into words..they would be..drunk wi' implacable will and mordacity.

1962 Shakespeare Q. 13 307 The comic mordacity added by Lear's style of utterance actually heightens the poignancy.

†3. Tendency or inclination to bite. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > propensity to biting

mordacitya1677

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 185 He hath little of the Serpent, (none of..its rancorous venom, of its keen mordacity..).

1824 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1825) 406 We all know the vivacity, or mordacity, with which the veriest cur resents an outrage offered to his tail.

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

单词	mordacity
释义	mordacityn. Brit. /mɔːˈdasᵻti/, U.S. /mɔrˈdæsədi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s mordacitie, 1600s– mordacity. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mordacité. Etymology: < Middle French, French mordacité quality of a corrosive substance (1490; early 16th cent. in figurative sense) < classical Latin mordācitās the power of biting or stinging (in Pliny Nat. Hist.; also in post-classical Latin in sense 2 (4th cent.)) < mordāc- , mordax (see mordacious adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Compare Italian mordacità corrosive quality (c1340; 1558 in figurative sense ‘gossip, acrimony’; 1643 in sense ‘biting strength, pungency’). †1. Pungency, sharpness, penetrating power. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency peppera1425 tangc1440 mordacity1583 heat1586 saltness1612 piquantness1648 quickness1652 subtilty1661 penetratingness1662 pungency1663 piquancy1664 poignancy1677 mordicancy1693 pertness1756 causticity1772 poignance1782 pungence1810 warmth1816 piquance1867 zinginess1938 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. vi. 63 Medicines which do..stop sharpnesse and mordacitie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 83 It goeth into..collyries or eye~salues, by reason of a certain subtil mordacitie and penetratiue qualitie that it hath. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §301 Most medicines do depone all their acrimony and mordacity. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 57 The young..Roots..affording a very grateful mordacity. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet The Mordacity thus allay'd, be sure to make the Mortar very clean before you stamp any thing else in it. 2. Mordant or caustic quality in speech or writing; sarcasm, acerbity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > mordancy mordacityc1630 mordancy1656 pungency1665 bitingness1894 bite1899 c1630 C. More Life Sir T. Moore i. 24 He ieasteth, but without mordacitie. 1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 168 But for all these speeches of anger and mordacity, London has bin and I hope yet will be London. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 329 His mordacity, his sarcasm.., contribute to his reader's amusement more than comports with his graver tasks. 1846 E. A. Poe L. Osborn in Wks. (1864) III. 55 Its mordacity cannot be gainsaid. 1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 449 If I translated the sense o' cancer directly Into words..they would be..drunk wi' implacable will and mordacity. 1962 Shakespeare Q. 13 307 The comic mordacity added by Lear's style of utterance actually heightens the poignancy. †3. Tendency or inclination to bite. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > propensity to biting mordacitya1677 a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 185 He hath little of the Serpent, (none of..its rancorous venom, of its keen mordacity..). 1824 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1825) 406 We all know the vivacity, or mordacity, with which the veriest cur resents an outrage offered to his tail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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