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mordant [ˈmɔːdənt] adj 1. sarcastic or caustic 2. having the properties of a mordant 3. pungent n 1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a substance used before the application of a dye, possessing the ability to fix colours in textiles, leather, etc. See also lake2 [1] 2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) an acid or other corrosive fluid used to etch lines on a printing plate vb
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) (tr) to treat (a fabric, yarn, etc.) with a mordant [from Old French: biting, from mordre to bite, from Latin mordēre] mordancy n mordantly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| "I quite agree," said Miss Lavish, who had several times tried to interrupt his mordant wit. asked the Portuguese, in the same tone of mordant irony. So vivid and mordant was the impression that I can live over again that slow descent of the station hill, the passing by the nurse-girl with the two babes, the sight of the old horse on his knees between the shafts, the cabman twisted across his seat, and the young man inside with his hand upon the open door in the very act of springing out. |
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