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mordicancy

mordicancy noun: a biting quality; corrosiveness.

Noun

mordicancy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A biting quality; corrosiveness.
    • the Mordicancy thus allay'd , be lure to make the Mortar very clean1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...

Origin of mordicancy

From mordicant + -cy.

Questions about mordicancy

What does mordicancy mean?
Mordicancy means a biting quality; corrosiveness.
What part of speech is mordicancy?
Mordicancy is a noun.

Words near mordicancy in the dictionary

  1. mordentes
  2. mordents
  3. mordern
  4. Mordetwi
  5. Mordialloc
  6. mordicancy
  7. mordicant
  8. mordication
  9. mordications
  10. mordicative
  11. Mordiford

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