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1. (adj.) mordacious
biting or given to biting.
2. mordacious
sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc.
Etymology: (1640–50; < L mordāci- (s. of mordāx given to biting, der. of
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1. (adj) barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
capable of wounding
"a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
2. (adj) mordacious
biting or given to biting
"they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"
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1. (adj) mordacious
biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing
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