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mordicant

/ˈmɔː(ɹ)dɪkənt/

mordicant adjective: biting; acrid (normally talking about pain).

Adjective

mordicant (comparative more mordicant, superlative most mordicant)

  1. (obsolete) biting; acrid (normally talking about pain)
    • the mordicant quality of Bodies must proceed from a fiery ingredient1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC

Forms of mordicant

comparativemore mordicant
superlativemost mordicant

Origin of mordicant

From Latin mordicans, p.pr. of mordicare (“to bite”), from mordere. Compare French mordicant.

Words formed from mordicant

Questions about mordicant

What does mordicant mean?
Mordicant means biting; acrid (normally talking about pain).
What part of speech is mordicant?
Mordicant is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mordicant?
Mordicant is pronounced /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dɪkənt/.

Words near mordicant in the dictionary

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

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