mor-dant
adjective :: Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
noun :: Any corroding substance, such as an acid, used in etching.
"'I quite agree,' said Miss Lavish, who had several times tried to interrupt his mordant wit." --Forster, E. M.
adjective :: Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
noun :: Any corroding substance, such as an acid, used in etching.
"'I quite agree,' said Miss Lavish, who had several times tried to interrupt his mordant wit." --Forster, E. M.
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