About The Word Mordacious
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Mordacious
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What's The Definition Of Mordacious?
[adj] capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mordacious: barbed | biting | nipping | pungent | sarcastic Related Terms | Find terms related to Mordacious: See Also | Mordacious In Webster's Dictionary \Mor*da"cious\, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere,
morsum, to bite. See {Morsel}.]
Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;
severe; scathing. -- {Mor*da"cious*ly}, adv.
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