Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mordacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mor-da-cious
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive

adj

Sharp or caustic in style or tone.

adj

Sharp in intent, sarcastic.

adj

Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).

Example Sentences

"And that is really the long and the short of the whole matter, my mordacious friend."
"Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: *(s)merd-

Inflected Forms

more mordacious (comparative) most mordacious (superlative)

Derived Forms

mordaciously mordacity

Frequently Paired Words

mordant mordancy

Synonyms

barbed biting nipping pungent

Questions

What does mordacious mean?: Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
Where does mordacious come from?: From Latin mordax (“given to biting, corrosive”) (from mordere (“to bite, sting”)) + -ious.

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