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mordacious

mor·da·cious

uncommon

adjective

1.

capable of wounding

  • “a barbed compliment”
  • “a biting aphorism”
  • “pungent satire”
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2.

biting or given to biting

  • “they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount”
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Origin

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

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