noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. uncountable, usually

   "such things as have very thin parts , yet notwithstanding are without all acrirumony or mordacity"

2. 2
   a disposition to biting wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

acerbityacidityacridityacrimonyasperityastringency

Example

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"such things as have very thin parts , yet notwithstanding are without all acrirumony or mordacity"

Etymology

From Latin mordacitas. Compare French mordacité. See mordacious.

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