mordantn.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːdnt/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrdnt/

Forms: late Middle English mourdaunt, late Middle English–1500s 1800s mordaunt, 1700s– mordant.

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

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mordant, mordaunt tongue of a buckle and Middle French, French mordant metal part of a belt (c1200 in Old French), varnish for fixing gold or silver (1743), substance used to treat fabrics so that the dye becomes fixed (1788, probably after Italian mordente substance which fixes dye in fibre (14th cent.); compare use of the verb in French in the corresponding sense from 1723), uses as noun of mordant , present participle of mordre (see mordant adj.). Compare post-classical Latin mordans tongue of a buckle (1215 in a British source).

†I. A device which clasps or holds something fast.

1. An ornamental hooked fastening, usually jewelled, on a girdle or belt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > parts of

ceintec1386

mordantc1400

pendantc1400

netsuke1876

snake bucklea1882

c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 25 Of þe seynture le pendaunt Passeþ þoru þe mordaunt [v.r. bokel; Fr. mordant]... Also shal þe mordaunt & þe tonge Passe þoru þe hool & al.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 1094 The mourdaunt [Fr. mordens], wrought in noble wise, Was of a stoon full precious.

c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 8244 (MED) Gerdeles of riche barres With bokeles of gold and fair pendaunt, Wel anamayled with the mordaunt.

1500 Will of Robert Whiting (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/12) f. 155 A girdell of black silk..the pendaunt and the mordaunt ther of ys syluer.

2. Zoology. The movable part of the pincer of a crab, lobster, etc. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > pincer-like claws > movable part of forceps

mordant1848

pollex1859

1848 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 6. 300 The mandibular arms have a short..pincer, with a moveable nipper (mordant) placed above.

II. A substance with mordant properties.

a. Dyeing. A substance which combines with a dye that has low affinity for a particular textile fibre, enabling it to become firmly fixed in the fibre.

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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > mordant or fixative

styptic1686

base1778

lodh1781

mordant1791

mordicant1799

tin-mordant1839

tin-liquor1858

fixative1870

tin-spirits1877

striker1884

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. Introd. p. x Mordants [serve] to render the colour more fixed.

1815 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 7) II. i. xx. 231 The latter class, however, may be durably attached by the mediation of what was formerly called a mordaunt, but has since been more properly termed, by Mr. Henry, a basis.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi i. 32 Columba root is said to be used as a mordant for certain colours.

1887 Manch. Courier 13 May 8/4 Turkey purple, which is made by substituting a mordant or basis of iron.

1911 I. W. Fay Chem. Coal-tar Dyes v. 71 Naphthol green B. is a nitroso dye which, unlike the other members of this class, does not require a mordant upon the fabric to be dyed.

1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) liii. 549 The salt is used as a mordant in dyeing and also for making writing ink.

1960 H. T. Howard & G. R. Ramage in E. H. Rodd Chem. Carbon Compounds IV c. xvii. 1546 The gallocyanines..are important for application in calico printing, with chromium salts and tannin mordant.

1992 Ashmolean Spring–Summer 11/1 The second version of resist-dyeing required the partial preparation of the fabric with a mordant.

b. figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

1815–16 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 4301 Adapting it [sc. an original conception] to the age by a mordant or intermediate affinity of the Stuff of the Times.

1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. 163 The link or mordant by which philosophy becomes scientific and the sciences philosophical.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 124 Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory.

4. Gilding. An adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf. Cf. gold size n. at gold n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1e.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > equipment

pallet1728

tip1815

mordant1825

cushion1837

mop1838

mixtion1890

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 748 Some prepare their mordants with Jew's pitch [etc.]... They employ it for gilding pale gold.

1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1629 The principal mordants, or sizes, used by the gilder are known as gold size and fat-oil gold size.

1935 Speculum 10 421 Mordants of this sort seem to have been widely used for diapering or ornamenting on color, both in manuscripts and panels.

1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 487/1 ‘Gilding’..is done with the help of an adhesive called a ‘mordant’.

5. Etching. A corrosive liquid used to etch the lines on a plate, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > etching > corrosive agent

etch-water1738

mordant1878

etchant1930

1878 P. G. Hamerton in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 443/2 The nitrous mordant widens the lines; the Dutch mordant bites in depth.

1957 Amer. Hist. Rev. 62 843 A common mordant used was a dilution of hydrochloric acid with chlorate of potash, a mixture known in England as ‘the Dutch bath’.

1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 251/1 A mordant must be of the correct concentration to act efficiently without also eating away the resist... Sulfuric acid is sometimes also used as a mordant for etching glass.

6. Histology. A substance which enables a microscopic stain to bind permanently to a specimen.

ΚΠ

1881 Science 8 Oct. 482/2 They [sc. sections of spinal cord] are then immersed in a saturated solution of picric acid for twenty-four hours, and colored with carmine for about twenty minutes, the picric acid acting as a mordant.

1899 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis (ed. 4) x. 438 A drop of the mordant is now supplied to the preparation, the cover-glass is again warmed, and after a minute the preparation is rinsed.

1953 A. G. E. Pearse Histochem. viii. 169 If any of the Sudan dyes are used for final staining it is essential that no formalin and no mordant of any kind be used after extraction.

1994 Biotechnic & Histochem. 69 199 The use of aged mordant increased the apparent diameters of stained flagella and resulted in a darker stain.

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

mordantadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːdnt/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrdnt/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s 1800s–1900s rare mordent, 1600s morden, 1600s 1800s– mordant.

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

Etymology: < Middle French, French mordant biting, caustic (late 12th cent. in Old French, also in figurative use; late 14th cent. in sense ‘given to biting’; 1762 in sense ‘corrosive’), use as adjective of present participle of mordre to bite (c1100 in Old French) < classical Latin mordēre to bite, make an incision in, erode, cause to smart, sting, to affect (a person or thing) with mental or spiritual pain, to carp at, to criticize, probably cognate with Sanskrit mṛd- to press, squeeze, crush, and perhaps with smart v.¹ Compare Italian mordente that bites (13th cent.), Portuguese mordente (15th cent.), Spanish mordante (1615). Compare earlier mordant n., and mordicant adj., mordicative adj.The form mordent is assimilated to the Latin present participle mordent-, mordēns.

1. Of a person, his or her wit, a remark, etc.: having or showing a sharply critical quality; biting, caustic, incisive.

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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

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 70 They ben..ryght mordent and bitynge detractours.

1660 T. Salusbury tr. D. Bartoli Learned Man defended & Reform'd ii. 214 In your mordant taunts [It. ne' detti vostri mordaci], that which is ingenious, doth not so much please.

1858 C. J. Ellicott Destiny Creature (ed. 3) 22 A petty spirit of detraction, with unkindly words or mordant satire.

1881 Spectator 19 Nov. 1454/1 Lord Salisbury was, as usual, very mordant in his tone towards Mr. Gladstone.

1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 12/2 He was endowed with a peculiarly mordant wit.

1916 G. Frankau Poet. Wks. (1923) I. 227 No more I'll turn the mordant line till ‘Q’ clerks blush incarnadine.

1957 L. Durrell Justine iii. 212 His view of things was mordant, and yet it is possible that [printed this] his ironies concealed a wounded spirit.

1978 J. Krantz Scruples i. 14 Spider rose from his chair and turned his smile on her, a smile of thorough sensuality, innocent of any trace of guilefulness or mordant wit.

1988 Jerusalem Post 7 Oct. (Jerusalem Suppl.) 14/2 The mordant turn of his last paragraphs extinguished..sympathy.

†2. Sharp, keen; acutely present; that produces a smart or sting. Obsolete.

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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 > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [adjective] > consisting of mustard > quality of mustard

mordanta1845

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > smarting or stinging

smartingOE

biting1340

stingingc1400

mordicant?a1425

pungitive?a1425

raw1590

pungent1598

stanging1602

stingyc1615

scorpiaca1670

verberous1688

shrewd1842

snapping1845

stounding1848

mordant1876

smartful1906

1591 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1932) II. 161 Bothwell lacks the qualetie, conditioun, humeur and moyen that ar mordent in ambitious breists.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 577 In the latter the itching is more mordant and aculeate.

a1845 S. Smith Recipe for Salad 7 in Lady Holland Mem. (1855) I. 373 Of mordant mustard add a single spoon.

1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. xii. 218 With a shadow of an elevation of her shoulders, as if in apprehension of mordant pain.

3. Of a substance: corrosive. Also in figurative context.Now merged in sense 5a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > corroded > corrosive

corrosivec1386

cankeringa1450

succorrosive?1541

caustic1555

corsive1576

mordant1601

corroding1605

corrodiating1640

diabrotic1775

ardent1799

corrodent1835

aggressive1888

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 506 Of those marles which are found to be fat, the white is chiefe; and thereof be many sorts. The most mordant and sharpest of them all, is [etc.].

1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus v. 61 The consumption of the kidneys is to be imputed to..mordant armoniack salt.

1870 J. B. Brown First Princ. Eccl. Truth 225 The mordant acid of what they were pleased to conceive of as pure reason.

†4. That gives a sharp nip or bite; given to or characterized by biting. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

mordant1611

mordacious1678

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Mordáce Biting, mordant..or sharp, be it with teeth or words.

1633 Extract Bishop Monks Reg. Hereford Cathedral in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) III. 613 Item three paier of greate Morden Tonngs.

1891 E. B. Bax Outlooks from New Standpoint iii. 174 Those who would take steps to restrain the mordant liberty of the cur, since they do not hold the doctrine of the divine right of dogs to bite.

1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 652 The boy C—— was for some time vigorously mordant in his angry fits.

a. That behaves as a mordant (in various technical senses); involving the use of a mordant, esp. in gilding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [adjective] > yielding dye > mordant

mordant1825

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 748 Mordant Varnish for Gilding.

1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 251/1 Glass is usually etched with a mordant solution of hydrofluoric acid.

1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 251/2 Mordant gilding is used to lay leaf in oil painting.

1993 D. Gordon et al. Wilton Diptych 78/2 While most of the gold is burnished, the fleurs-de-lis..have been applied with mordant gilding and then have been left unburnished.

b. Of a dye: that becomes fixed in a fabric as a result of forming an insoluble compound with a mordant (see mordant n. 3a).

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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [adjective] > yielding dye > fixed dye

mordant1902

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 559/2 Employed by themselves, Mordant Colours are usually of little or no value as dyestuffs, because..either they are not attracted by the fibre..or they only yield a more or less fugitive stain.

1917 M. Fort & L. Lloyd Chem. Dyestuffs xiii. 112 Acid mordant dyes may be first dyed on wool like acid dyes and then after-chromed.

1965 E. Gurr Rational Use of Dyes in Biol. i. 115 Since sun yellow does not contain a hydroxyl group it cannot be classified as a mordant dye.

1996 Carbohydrate Polymers 30 25 Alizarin Red S, a monovalent mordant dye.

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

mordantv.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːdnt/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrdnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mordant n.

Etymology: < mordant n. Compare earlier mordanted adj.

Dyeing and Histology.

transitive. To impregnate or treat with a mordant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > dye [verb (transitive)] > fix dye

set1601

fix1665

strike1769

age1830

mordant1839

pad1839

steam calico-printing1862

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 195 Such stuffs must be galled, mordanted with alum..and cleared with a soap boil.

1863 Proc. Royal Soc. 1862–3 12 635 Munjistine dyes cloth mordanted with alumina a bright orange.

1901 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 194 114 The albuminous cells of leaves mordanted by means of permanganate of potash and stained with safranin.

1969 T. C. Thorstensen Pract. Leather Technol. xi. 177 In order to fix a basic dye onto chrome leather, a negative charge must be introduced on the leather. This is done by mordanting chrome tanned leather by adding a vegetable tanning material.

1984 J. Seymour Forgotten Arts (1985) 183/1 Mordanting a fibre is simple. Dissolve four ounces of alum and an ounce of cream of tartar in a little hot water [etc.].

1994 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 155 717/1 Sections to be stained were..mordanted in a 3% aqueous solution of ferric ammonium sulfate.

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

n.c1400

adj.1474

v.1839

单词	mordant
释义	mordantn. Brit. /ˈmɔːdnt/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdnt/ Forms: late Middle English mourdaunt, late Middle English–1500s 1800s mordaunt, 1700s– mordant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mordant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mordant, mordaunt tongue of a buckle and Middle French, French mordant metal part of a belt (c1200 in Old French), varnish for fixing gold or silver (1743), substance used to treat fabrics so that the dye becomes fixed (1788, probably after Italian mordente substance which fixes dye in fibre (14th cent.); compare use of the verb in French in the corresponding sense from 1723), uses as noun of mordant , present participle of mordre (see mordant adj.). Compare post-classical Latin mordans tongue of a buckle (1215 in a British source). †I. A device which clasps or holds something fast. 1. An ornamental hooked fastening, usually jewelled, on a girdle or belt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > parts of ceintec1386 mordantc1400 pendantc1400 netsuke1876 snake bucklea1882 c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 25 Of þe seynture le pendaunt Passeþ þoru þe mordaunt [v.r. bokel; Fr. mordant]... Also shal þe mordaunt & þe tonge Passe þoru þe hool & al. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 1094 The mourdaunt [Fr. mordens], wrought in noble wise, Was of a stoon full precious. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 8244 (MED) Gerdeles of riche barres With bokeles of gold and fair pendaunt, Wel anamayled with the mordaunt. 1500 Will of Robert Whiting (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/12) f. 155 A girdell of black silk..the pendaunt and the mordaunt ther of ys syluer. 2. Zoology. The movable part of the pincer of a crab, lobster, etc. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > pincer-like claws > movable part of forceps mordant1848 pollex1859 1848 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 6. 300 The mandibular arms have a short..pincer, with a moveable nipper (mordant) placed above. II. A substance with mordant properties. 3. a. Dyeing. A substance which combines with a dye that has low affinity for a particular textile fibre, enabling it to become firmly fixed in the fibre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > mordant or fixative styptic1686 base1778 lodh1781 mordant1791 mordicant1799 tin-mordant1839 tin-liquor1858 fixative1870 tin-spirits1877 striker1884 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. Introd. p. x Mordants [serve] to render the colour more fixed. 1815 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 7) II. i. xx. 231 The latter class, however, may be durably attached by the mediation of what was formerly called a mordaunt, but has since been more properly termed, by Mr. Henry, a basis. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi i. 32 Columba root is said to be used as a mordant for certain colours. 1887 Manch. Courier 13 May 8/4 Turkey purple, which is made by substituting a mordant or basis of iron. 1911 I. W. Fay Chem. Coal-tar Dyes v. 71 Naphthol green B. is a nitroso dye which, unlike the other members of this class, does not require a mordant upon the fabric to be dyed. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) liii. 549 The salt is used as a mordant in dyeing and also for making writing ink. 1960 H. T. Howard & G. R. Ramage in E. H. Rodd Chem. Carbon Compounds IV c. xvii. 1546 The gallocyanines..are important for application in calico printing, with chromium salts and tannin mordant. 1992 Ashmolean Spring–Summer 11/1 The second version of resist-dyeing required the partial preparation of the fabric with a mordant. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1815–16 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 4301 Adapting it [sc. an original conception] to the age by a mordant or intermediate affinity of the Stuff of the Times. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. 163 The link or mordant by which philosophy becomes scientific and the sciences philosophical. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 124 Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. 4. Gilding. An adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf. Cf. gold size n. at gold n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > equipment pallet1728 tip1815 mordant1825 cushion1837 mop1838 mixtion1890 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 748 Some prepare their mordants with Jew's pitch [etc.]... They employ it for gilding pale gold. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1629 The principal mordants, or sizes, used by the gilder are known as gold size and fat-oil gold size. 1935 Speculum 10 421 Mordants of this sort seem to have been widely used for diapering or ornamenting on color, both in manuscripts and panels. 1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 487/1 ‘Gilding’..is done with the help of an adhesive called a ‘mordant’. 5. Etching. A corrosive liquid used to etch the lines on a plate, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > etching > corrosive agent etch-water1738 mordant1878 etchant1930 1878 P. G. Hamerton in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 443/2 The nitrous mordant widens the lines; the Dutch mordant bites in depth. 1957 Amer. Hist. Rev. 62 843 A common mordant used was a dilution of hydrochloric acid with chlorate of potash, a mixture known in England as ‘the Dutch bath’. 1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 251/1 A mordant must be of the correct concentration to act efficiently without also eating away the resist... Sulfuric acid is sometimes also used as a mordant for etching glass. 6. Histology. A substance which enables a microscopic stain to bind permanently to a specimen. ΚΠ 1881 Science 8 Oct. 482/2 They [sc. sections of spinal cord] are then immersed in a saturated solution of picric acid for twenty-four hours, and colored with carmine for about twenty minutes, the picric acid acting as a mordant. 1899 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis (ed. 4) x. 438 A drop of the mordant is now supplied to the preparation, the cover-glass is again warmed, and after a minute the preparation is rinsed. 1953 A. G. E. Pearse Histochem. viii. 169 If any of the Sudan dyes are used for final staining it is essential that no formalin and no mordant of any kind be used after extraction. 1994 Biotechnic & Histochem. 69 199 The use of aged mordant increased the apparent diameters of stained flagella and resulted in a darker stain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mordantadj. Brit. /ˈmɔːdnt/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdnt/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s 1800s–1900s rare mordent, 1600s morden, 1600s 1800s– mordant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mordant. Etymology: < Middle French, French mordant biting, caustic (late 12th cent. in Old French, also in figurative use; late 14th cent. in sense ‘given to biting’; 1762 in sense ‘corrosive’), use as adjective of present participle of mordre to bite (c1100 in Old French) < classical Latin mordēre to bite, make an incision in, erode, cause to smart, sting, to affect (a person or thing) with mental or spiritual pain, to carp at, to criticize, probably cognate with Sanskrit mṛd- to press, squeeze, crush, and perhaps with smart v.¹ Compare Italian mordente that bites (13th cent.), Portuguese mordente (15th cent.), Spanish mordante (1615). Compare earlier mordant n., and mordicant adj., mordicative adj.The form mordent is assimilated to the Latin present participle mordent-, mordēns. 1. Of a person, his or her wit, a remark, etc.: having or showing a sharply critical quality; biting, caustic, incisive. 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 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 70 They ben..ryght mordent and bitynge detractours. 1660 T. Salusbury tr. D. Bartoli Learned Man defended & Reform'd ii. 214 In your mordant taunts [It. ne' detti vostri mordaci], that which is ingenious, doth not so much please. 1858 C. J. Ellicott Destiny Creature (ed. 3) 22 A petty spirit of detraction, with unkindly words or mordant satire. 1881 Spectator 19 Nov. 1454/1 Lord Salisbury was, as usual, very mordant in his tone towards Mr. Gladstone. 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 12/2 He was endowed with a peculiarly mordant wit. 1916 G. Frankau Poet. Wks. (1923) I. 227 No more I'll turn the mordant line till ‘Q’ clerks blush incarnadine. 1957 L. Durrell Justine iii. 212 His view of things was mordant, and yet it is possible that [printed this] his ironies concealed a wounded spirit. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples i. 14 Spider rose from his chair and turned his smile on her, a smile of thorough sensuality, innocent of any trace of guilefulness or mordant wit. 1988 Jerusalem Post 7 Oct. (Jerusalem Suppl.) 14/2 The mordant turn of his last paragraphs extinguished..sympathy. †2. Sharp, keen; acutely present; that produces a smart or sting. 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 > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [adjective] > consisting of mustard > quality of mustard mordanta1845 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > smarting or stinging smartingOE biting1340 stingingc1400 mordicant?a1425 pungitive?a1425 raw1590 pungent1598 stanging1602 stingyc1615 scorpiaca1670 verberous1688 shrewd1842 snapping1845 stounding1848 mordant1876 smartful1906 1591 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1932) II. 161 Bothwell lacks the qualetie, conditioun, humeur and moyen that ar mordent in ambitious breists. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 577 In the latter the itching is more mordant and aculeate. a1845 S. Smith Recipe for Salad 7 in Lady Holland Mem. (1855) I. 373 Of mordant mustard add a single spoon. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career III. xii. 218 With a shadow of an elevation of her shoulders, as if in apprehension of mordant pain. 3. Of a substance: corrosive. Also in figurative context.Now merged in sense 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > corroded > corrosive corrosivec1386 cankeringa1450 succorrosive?1541 caustic1555 corsive1576 mordant1601 corroding1605 corrodiating1640 diabrotic1775 ardent1799 corrodent1835 aggressive1888 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 506 Of those marles which are found to be fat, the white is chiefe; and thereof be many sorts. The most mordant and sharpest of them all, is [etc.]. 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus v. 61 The consumption of the kidneys is to be imputed to..mordant armoniack salt. 1870 J. B. Brown First Princ. Eccl. Truth 225 The mordant acid of what they were pleased to conceive of as pure reason. †4. That gives a sharp nip or bite; given to or characterized by biting. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > that bites mordant1611 mordacious1678 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Mordáce Biting, mordant..or sharp, be it with teeth or words. 1633 Extract Bishop Monks Reg. Hereford Cathedral in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) III. 613 Item three paier of greate Morden Tonngs. 1891 E. B. Bax Outlooks from New Standpoint iii. 174 Those who would take steps to restrain the mordant liberty of the cur, since they do not hold the doctrine of the divine right of dogs to bite. 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 652 The boy C—— was for some time vigorously mordant in his angry fits. 5. a. That behaves as a mordant (in various technical senses); involving the use of a mordant, esp. in gilding. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [adjective] > yielding dye > mordant mordant1825 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 748 Mordant Varnish for Gilding. 1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 251/1 Glass is usually etched with a mordant solution of hydrofluoric acid. 1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 251/2 Mordant gilding is used to lay leaf in oil painting. 1993 D. Gordon et al. Wilton Diptych 78/2 While most of the gold is burnished, the fleurs-de-lis..have been applied with mordant gilding and then have been left unburnished. b. Of a dye: that becomes fixed in a fabric as a result of forming an insoluble compound with a mordant (see mordant n. 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [adjective] > yielding dye > fixed dye mordant1902 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 559/2 Employed by themselves, Mordant Colours are usually of little or no value as dyestuffs, because..either they are not attracted by the fibre..or they only yield a more or less fugitive stain. 1917 M. Fort & L. Lloyd Chem. Dyestuffs xiii. 112 Acid mordant dyes may be first dyed on wool like acid dyes and then after-chromed. 1965 E. Gurr Rational Use of Dyes in Biol. i. 115 Since sun yellow does not contain a hydroxyl group it cannot be classified as a mordant dye. 1996 Carbohydrate Polymers 30 25 Alizarin Red S, a monovalent mordant dye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mordantv. Brit. /ˈmɔːdnt/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mordant n. Etymology: < mordant n. Compare earlier mordanted adj. Dyeing and Histology. transitive. To impregnate or treat with a mordant. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > dye [verb (transitive)] > fix dye set1601 fix1665 strike1769 age1830 mordant1839 pad1839 steam calico-printing1862 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 195 Such stuffs must be galled, mordanted with alum..and cleared with a soap boil. 1863 Proc. Royal Soc. 1862–3 12 635 Munjistine dyes cloth mordanted with alumina a bright orange. 1901 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 194 114 The albuminous cells of leaves mordanted by means of permanganate of potash and stained with safranin. 1969 T. C. Thorstensen Pract. Leather Technol. xi. 177 In order to fix a basic dye onto chrome leather, a negative charge must be introduced on the leather. This is done by mordanting chrome tanned leather by adding a vegetable tanning material. 1984 J. Seymour Forgotten Arts (1985) 183/1 Mordanting a fibre is simple. Dissolve four ounces of alum and an ounce of cream of tartar in a little hot water [etc.]. 1994 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 155 717/1 Sections to be stained were..mordanted in a 3% aqueous solution of ferric ammonium sulfate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400adj.1474v.1839
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