Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mordicant

/ˈmɔː(ɹ)dɪkənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mordi-cant
IPA: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dɪkənt/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

biting; acrid (normally talking about pain)

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"the mordicant quality of Bodies must proceed from a fiery ingredient"

Etymology

From Latin mordicans, p.pr. of mordicare (“to bite”), from mordere. Compare French mordicant.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more mordicant (comparative) most mordicant (superlative)

Derived Forms

mordicancy

Questions

How do you pronounce mordicant?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dɪkənt/.
What does mordicant mean?: biting; acrid (normally talking about pain)
Where does mordicant come from?: From Latin mordicans, p.pr. of mordicare (“to bite”), from mordere. Compare French mordicant.

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