What does "mordacity" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "mordacity"?

Common synonyms include: acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, asperity, astringency.

noun

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Noun

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
a disposition to biting wordnet

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

From Latin mordacitas. Compare French mordacité. See mordacious.