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单词 mordicate
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mordicatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mordicat-, mordicare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin mordicat-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of mordicare to bite (4th cent.), to affect with a sharp pain (5th cent.; from mid 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin mordēre to bite (see mordant adj.) + -icāre, verbal suffix. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mǭ·ɹdikeit) /ˈmɔːdɪkeɪt/.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To affect with a biting pain, to sting.
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1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §150 The urine also, though salt, doth not mordicate or fret the bladder.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mordicate..to hurt with biting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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