mordant

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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.

mordant

(ˈmɔːdənt) adj1. sarcastic or caustic2. having the properties of a mordant3. pungentn4. (Dyeing) a substance used before the application of a dye, possessing the ability to fix colours in textiles, leather, etc. See also lake²¹5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) an acid or other corrosive fluid used to etch lines on a printing platevb (Dyeing) (tr) to treat (a fabric, yarn, etc) with a mordant[C15: from Old French: biting, from mordre to bite, from Latin mordēre] ˈmordancy n ˈmordantly adv

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(ˈmɔr dnt)
adj. 1. sharply caustic or sarcastic; biting; cutting: mordant wit. 2. burning; corrosive. 3. having the property of fixing colors, as in dyeing. n. 4. a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter. 5. an acid or other corrosive substance used in etching. v.t. 6. to impregnate or treat with a mordant. [1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French, present participle of mordre to bite « Latin mordēre; see -ant] mor′dan•cy, n. mor′dant•ly, adv.

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Past participle: mordanted
Gerund: mordanting

Imperative
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Present
I mordant
you mordant
he/she/it mordants
we mordant
you mordant
they mordant

Preterite
I mordanted
you mordanted
he/she/it mordanted
we mordanted
you mordanted
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Present Continuous
I am mordanting
you are mordanting
he/she/it is mordanting
we are mordanting
you are mordanting
they are mordanting

Present Perfect
I have mordanted
you have mordanted
he/she/it has mordanted
we have mordanted
you have mordanted
they have mordanted

Past Continuous
I was mordanting
you were mordanting
he/she/it was mordanting
we were mordanting
you were mordanting
they were mordanting

Past Perfect
I had mordanted
you had mordanted
he/she/it had mordanted
we had mordanted
you had mordanted
they had mordanted

Future
I will mordant
you will mordant
he/she/it will mordant
we will mordant
you will mordant
they will mordant

Future Perfect
I will have mordanted
you will have mordanted
he/she/it will have mordanted
we will have mordanted
you will have mordanted
they will have mordanted

Future Continuous
I will be mordanting
you will be mordanting
he/she/it will be mordanting
we will be mordanting
you will be mordanting
they will be mordanting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mordanting
you have been mordanting
he/she/it has been mordanting
we have been mordanting
you have been mordanting
they have been mordanting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mordanting
you will have been mordanting
he/she/it will have been mordanting
we will have been mordanting
you will have been mordanting
they will have been mordanting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mordanting
you had been mordanting
he/she/it had been mordanting
we had been mordanting
you had been mordanting
they had been mordanting

Conditional
I would mordant
you would mordant
he/she/it would mordant
we would mordant
you would mordant
they would mordant

Past Conditional
I would have mordanted
you would have mordanted
he/she/it would have mordanted
we would have mordanted
you would have mordanted
they would have mordanted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mordant - a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing processchrome alum - a violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeingantimony potassium tartrate, tartar emetic - a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicinecoloring material, colour, colouring material, color - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"sodium bichromate, sodium dichromate - a red-orange salt used as a mordant
Adj.	1.	mordant - harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"grim, blacksarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
	2.	mordant - of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical actioncorrosive, erosive, vitriolic, causticdestructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

mordant

adjective sarcastic, cutting, biting, edged, sharp, acid, harsh, stinging, scathing, acrimonious, pungent, incisive, caustic, venomous, astringent, vitriolic, acerbic, trenchant, waspish, mordacious He describes the situation with mordant wit.

mordant

adjectiveSo sharp as to cause mental pain:acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, truculent, vitriolic.

Translations

mordant

(môr`dənt) [Fr.,=biting], substance used in dyeing to fix certain dyes (mordant dyes) in cloth. Either the mordant (if it is colloidal) or a colloid produced by the mordant adheres to the fiber, attracting and fixing the colloidal mordant dye (see colloidcolloid
[Gr.,=gluelike], a mixture in which one substance is divided into minute particles (called colloidal particles) and dispersed throughout a second substance. The mixture is also called a colloidal system, colloidal solution, or colloidal dispersion.
..... Click the link for more information. ); the insoluble, colored precipitate that is formed is called a lakelake,
in dyeing, an insoluble pigment formed by the reaction between an organic dye and a mordant. The color of a lake depends upon the mordant as well as the dye used. Generally, lakes are not as colorfast as many inorganic dyes, but their colors are more brilliant.
..... Click the link for more information. . The chemical compounds used as mordants are either acidic or basic. Acid mordants (e.g., tannic acid) are employed with basic dyes; basic mordants (e.g., alum, chrome alum, and certain salts of aluminum, chromium, copper, iron, potassium, and tin) are employed with acid dyes. Cloth to be dyed may be treated first with the mordant and then with the dye, or the mordant and dye may be applied together. The vividness of certain dyes that ordinarily do not require the use of a mordant may be markedly increased when one is employed.

mordant

[′mȯrd·ənt] (chemistry) An agent, such as alum, phenol, or aniline, that fixes dyes to tissues, cells, textiles, and other materials by combining with the dye to form an insoluble compound. Also known as dye mordant.

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adj sarcastic

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adj so sharp as to cause mental pain

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noun a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing

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adj harshly ironic or sinister

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adj of a substance, especially a strong acid

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