Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Mordacious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
capable of wounding
"a barbed compliment"
"a biting aphorism"
"pungent satire"
2
biting or given to biting
"they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"
3
Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
Example Sentences
"a barbed compliment"
adjective
"a biting aphorism"
adjective
"pungent satire"
adjective
"they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount"
adjective