Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mordacious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mordacious \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mordacious
adj : capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting}, {nipping},
{pungent}]
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