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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

mordicans

, p. pr. of

mordicare

to bite, fr.

mordere

: cf. F.

mordicant

Biting; acrid;

as, the

mordicant

quality of a body

[R.]

Boyle.

Adj.

[L. mordeo, to bite.] Biting; acrid; as the mordicant quality of a body.

mordicant ‎(comparative more mordicant, superlative most mordicant)

biting; acrid

the mordicant quality of a body

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