Mordacious

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
  2. 2
    sharp or caustic in style or tone.
  3. 3
    Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).

    "Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity."

  4. 4
    Sharp in intent, sarcastic
Adjective
  1. 1
    biting or given to biting wordnet
  2. 2
    capable of wounding wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acerbicacidacidulousacridacrimoniousastringent

Example

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"Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity."

Etymology

From Latin mordax (“given to biting, corrosive”) (from mordere (“to bite, sting”)) + -ious.

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