† mordicantadj.n.

Forms: late Middle English mordicande, late Middle English–1500s mordicante, 1500s mordycant, 1600s–1700s mordicant.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mordicant-, mordicāns, mordicāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin mordicant-, mordicāns, present participle (used as adjective by medical writers from the 5th cent.) of mordicāre (see mordicate v.). Compare Middle French mordicant caustic, irritant (1539; one isolated attestation in 1314 in Old French in a medical context). Compare mordicative adj., mordificative adj. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mǭ·ɹdikănt) /ˈmɔːdɪkənt/.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

1. Biting, sharp, caustic.

ΘΚΠ

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

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

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 36 ^v Bot Ȝa. intencion is perfourmed with homely medecenez not mordicande [L. mordacibus], i. bityng, hauyng mixte vertue of refreynyng & euaporing.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 88 ^v Causez of al..beþ humours sharp, mordicante [?c1425 Paris fretynge; L. mordicantes] þat floweþ to þe eien.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 48/1 Accompanied with bitinge or mordicante payn.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 669 These fruits (for the most part) carrie with them a certeine piercing and mordicant quallitie.

1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 124 First be sure they [sc. pigeons' dung, etc.] pass their mordicant and piercing spirits, and be discreetly mixt.

2. Perhaps: that fits or fastens tightly. rare.

ΚΠ

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 59 The mordycant couer of the same [chalice] was thicke set with..iewelles.

B. n.

= mordant n. 3a. rare.

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

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 168 The three principal mordicants in dying cotton red, are, oil, galls, and alum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	mordicant
释义	† mordicantadj.n. Forms: late Middle English mordicande, late Middle English–1500s mordicante, 1500s mordycant, 1600s–1700s mordicant. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mordicant-, mordicāns, mordicāre. Etymology: < classical Latin mordicant-, mordicāns, present participle (used as adjective by medical writers from the 5th cent.) of mordicāre (see mordicate v.). Compare Middle French mordicant caustic, irritant (1539; one isolated attestation in 1314 in Old French in a medical context). Compare mordicative adj., mordificative adj. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mǭ·ɹdikănt) /ˈmɔːdɪkənt/. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Biting, sharp, caustic. ΘΚΠ 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 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 36 ^v Bot Ȝa. intencion is perfourmed with homely medecenez not mordicande [L. mordacibus], i. bityng, hauyng mixte vertue of refreynyng & euaporing. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 88 ^v Causez of al..beþ humours sharp, mordicante [?c1425 Paris fretynge; L. mordicantes] þat floweþ to þe eien. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 48/1 Accompanied with bitinge or mordicante payn. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 669 These fruits (for the most part) carrie with them a certeine piercing and mordicant quallitie. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 124 First be sure they [sc. pigeons' dung, etc.] pass their mordicant and piercing spirits, and be discreetly mixt. 2. Perhaps: that fits or fastens tightly. rare. ΚΠ 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 59 The mordycant couer of the same [chalice] was thicke set with..iewelles. B. n. = mordant n. 3a. rare. 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 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 168 The three principal mordicants in dying cotton red, are, oil, galls, and alum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.?a1425
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