mordant
21Mordant — A substance capable of deepening the reaction to a stain (as in the pathology laboratory); incisive; burning or pungent; and so, by extension, biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style. The word mordant has some bite to it since it comes… …
22mordant — I. adjective Etymology: Middle French, present participle of mordre to bite, from Latin mordēre; perhaps akin to Sanskrit mṛdnāti he presses, rubs Date: 15th century 1. biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style ; incisive < a mordant wit >… …
23MORDANT — ANTE. adj. Qui mord. En termes de Chasse, Bêtes mordantes, Le blaireau, le renard, l ours, le loup, la loutre, etc. Il signifie figurément, Qui a une qualité corrosive. Un acide mordant. Il signifie aussi, au sens moral, Qui censure, qui… …
24Mordant — Ätzen bezeichnet die Abtragung von Material in Form von Vertiefungen auf der Oberfläche organischer oder anorganischer Materialien durch Anwendung ätzender Stoffe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Anwendungen 1.1 Industrielle Anwendung 1.2 Anwendungen in… …
25mordant — I. Mordant, [mord]ante. adj. v. Qui mord. Il n a guere d usage qu au figuré, pour dire, Mesdisant. C est un esprit mordant. il a l humeur mordante. II. Mordant. s. m. Sorte de grand clou doré, qui a deux pointes, & qu on met sur les goutieres des …
26mordant — 1. adjective /mɔː(r)dənt/ biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe. 2. noun /mɔː(r)dənt/ Any substance used to facilitate the …
27mordant — mor|dant [ˈmo:dənt US ˈmo:r ] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: , present participle of mordre to bite , from Latin mordere] mordant wit/satire/humour formal unkind and insulting humour etc that is also funny = ↑biting ▪ The play s mordant… …
28mordant — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)d(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Mordant humour is very critical and often mocks someone or something. [FORMAL] ...a book in which he discussed with a mordant wit the nasty racism of little middle class English children. Syn: biting …
29mordant — mor•dant [[t]ˈmɔr dnt[/t]] adj. 1) sharply caustic or sarcastic; biting; cutting: mordant wit[/ex] 2) burning; corrosive 3) chem. having the property of fixing colors, as in dyeing 4) tex chem. a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring… …
30mordant — mordantly, adv. /mawr dnt/, adj. 1. sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting. 2. burning; corrosive. 3. having the property of fixing colors, as in dyeing. n. 4. a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, esp. a… …
