Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Biting; acrid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Biting; acrid.
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- adjective
biting ;acrid
Etymologies
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Latin mordicans, p.pr. of mordicare to bite, from mordere: compare French mordicant.
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De medicamentorum quomodocunque purgantium facultatibus, nusquam anteà neque ... Guillaume Dupuis 1552
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