'Mordacious' definitions:

Definition of 'mordacious'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious]
adjective
Biting or given to biting; "they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"

Definition of 'Mordacious'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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