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mordacity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-dac-i-ty
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle French mordacité (whence -acity), from Latin mordācitās (“quality of biting”), from mordāx (“biting, snappish, tart”), from mordeō (“bite, nibble”). Compare French mordacité. See mordacious.

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Inflected Forms

mordacities (plural)

Questions

What does mordacity mean?
The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
Where does mordacity come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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