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mordicative

mordicative adjective: biting or corrosive.

Adjective

mordicative (comparative more mordicative, superlative most mordicative)

  1. (archaic, figuratively) Biting or corrosive.
    • [T]he conceits and jeſts of Ariſtophanes are bitter and ſharp withal, carrying with them a mordicative qualitie which doth bite, sting and exulcerate whereſoever they light.1657, Plutarch, “A Breviary of the Comparison between Aristophanes and Menander”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophy, Commonly Called, The Morals […], revised edition, London: […] S[arah]...

Forms of mordicative

comparativemore mordicative
superlativemost mordicative

Origin of mordicative

Learned borrowing from Latin mordicativus.

Questions about mordicative

What does mordicative mean?
Mordicative means biting or corrosive.
What part of speech is mordicative?
Mordicative is an adjective.

Words near mordicative in the dictionary

  1. Mordialloc
  2. mordicancy
  3. mordicant
  4. mordication
  5. mordications
  6. mordicative
  7. Mordiford
  8. Mordon
  9. Mordor
  10. Mordorian
  11. Mordorians

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