mordancyn.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːdnsi/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrdnsi/

Forms: 1600s mordancie, 1800s– mordancy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mordant adj., -ancy suffix.

Etymology: < mordant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare earlier mordacity n.

The quality of being mordant, esp. in speech or writing.

ΘΚΠ

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

mordacityc1630

mordancy1656

pungency1665

bitingness1894

bite1899

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mordancie, biting; sharpness of speech, detraction, bitter tearms.

1871 Echo 26 Aug. 2/1 Speeches denouncing Mr. Gladstone,..none of them equal in mordancy to the Duke of Somerset's recent jet of vitriol.

1892 Critic (N.Y.) 1 Oct. 176/1 This is surprising from a man the mordancy of whose style has been heretofore so remarkable.

1901 E. F. Benson Luck of Vails xxiv. 286 These vague forebodings and the mordancy of regret grew to be unbearable.

1937 Dict. National Biogr. 1922–30 583/2 Meyer's work was distinguished by great critical power, which sometimes offended through its mordancy.

1972 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 9/1 George Furth's book..slips in a merciless knife. But for all the mordancy, it is an exhilarating show.

1988 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 302/2 He writes with some mordancy about the English exiles of Manhattan.

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

单词	mordancy
释义	mordancyn. Brit. /ˈmɔːdnsi/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdnsi/ Forms: 1600s mordancie, 1800s– mordancy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mordant adj., -ancy suffix. Etymology: < mordant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare earlier mordacity n. The quality of being mordant, esp. in speech or writing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > mordancy mordacityc1630 mordancy1656 pungency1665 bitingness1894 bite1899 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mordancie, biting; sharpness of speech, detraction, bitter tearms. 1871 Echo 26 Aug. 2/1 Speeches denouncing Mr. Gladstone,..none of them equal in mordancy to the Duke of Somerset's recent jet of vitriol. 1892 Critic (N.Y.) 1 Oct. 176/1 This is surprising from a man the mordancy of whose style has been heretofore so remarkable. 1901 E. F. Benson Luck of Vails xxiv. 286 These vague forebodings and the mordancy of regret grew to be unbearable. 1937 Dict. National Biogr. 1922–30 583/2 Meyer's work was distinguished by great critical power, which sometimes offended through its mordancy. 1972 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 9/1 George Furth's book..slips in a merciless knife. But for all the mordancy, it is an exhilarating show. 1988 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 302/2 He writes with some mordancy about the English exiles of Manhattan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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