mordancy

mor·dant

M0419800 (môr′dnt)adj.1. a. Bitingly sarcastic: mordant satire.b. Incisive and trenchant: an inquisitor's mordant questioning.2. Bitingly painful.3. Serving to fix colors in dyeing.n.1. A reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials.2. A corrosive substance, such as an acid, used in etching.tr.v. mor·dant·ed, mor·dant·ing, mor·dants To treat with a mordant.

[French, from Old French, present participle of mordre, to bite, from Vulgar Latin *mordere, from Latin mordēre; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

mor′dan·cy n.mor′dant·ly adv.

mordancy, mordacity

the condition or quality of being biting or caustic, as humor, speech, etc. See also speech. — mordant, adj.See also: Humor

the property of acting as a fixative in dyeing. — mordant, n. , adj.See also: Processes

the property of acting as a flxative in dyeing. — mordant, n., adj.See also: Color

the quality or state of being sarcastic or caustic. — mordant, adj.See also: Attitudes

the quality or state of being sarcastic or caustic. — mordant, adj.See also: Moods

Thesaurus

mordancy

nounIrony or bitterness, as of tone:acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, corrosiveness, mordacity, sarcasm, trenchancy.

单词	mordancy
释义	mordancy mor·dant M0419800 (môr′dnt)adj.1. a. Bitingly sarcastic: mordant satire.b. Incisive and trenchant: an inquisitor's mordant questioning.2. Bitingly painful.3. Serving to fix colors in dyeing.n.1. A reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials.2. A corrosive substance, such as an acid, used in etching.tr.v. mor·dant·ed, mor·dant·ing, mor·dants To treat with a mordant. [French, from Old French, present participle of mordre, to bite, from Vulgar Latin mordere, from Latin mordēre; see mer- in Indo-European roots.] mor′dan·cy* n.mor′dant·ly adv. mordancy, mordacity the condition or quality of being biting or caustic, as humor, speech, etc. See also speech. — mordant, adj.See also: Humor the property of acting as a fixative in dyeing. — mordant, n. , adj.See also: Processes the property of acting as a flxative in dyeing. — mordant, n., adj.See also: Color the quality or state of being sarcastic or caustic. — mordant, adj.See also: Attitudes the quality or state of being sarcastic or caustic. — mordant, adj.See also: Moods Thesaurus mordancy nounIrony or bitterness, as of tone:acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, corrosiveness, mordacity, sarcasm, trenchancy. EncyclopediaSeemordant mordancy Related to mordancy: effortlessly, splendidly noun Synonyms for mordancy noun irony or bitterness, as of tone Synonyms acerbity acidity acridity causticity corrosiveness mordacity sarcasm trenchancy
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Synonyms for mordancy

noun irony or bitterness, as of tone

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