-- mordantly adverb1 : biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style: incisive (a mordant wit)
2 : acting as a mordant (see noun below)
3 : burning, pungent, caustic
--noun
––transitive verb1 : a chemical that fixes a dye in or on a substance by combining with the dye to form an insoluble compound
2 : a corroding substance used in etching
: to treat with a mordant
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, present participle of mordre to bite, from Latin mordEre; perhaps akin to Sanskrit mrdnAti: 'he presses, rubs'
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