mordacious

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

mordacious (comparative more mordacious, superlative most mordacious)

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

Derived terms

• mordaciously
• mordacity

Related terms

• mordant, mordancy
• mordant

Translations

biting, causing a bite or sting

• Dutch: bijtend, scherp

• Russian: едкий (ru) (jédkij)

corrosive — see corrosive

biting, sharp or caustic in style or tone

• Dutch: bijtend, scherp
• Hungarian: csípős (hu), metsző (hu)

• Russian: язвительный (ru) (jazvít'el'nyj), едкий (ru) (jédkij)
• Spanish: mordaz (es)

prone to biting

• Dutch: bijtend, bijtgraag
• Russian: кусачий (ru) (kusáčij)

• Spanish: mordedor (es)

sharp in intent, sarcastic

• Dutch: bijtend, bitter, sarcastisch, scherp

• Russian: язвительный (ru) (jazvít'el'nyj), едкий (ru) (jédkij)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: mordant, mordicant, corrosif, caustique

• Japanese: 辛辣です
• Spanish: mordaz (es)