Mordacious

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mordacious \Mor*da"cious\, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere,
     morsum, to bite. See {Morsel}.]
     Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;
     severe; scathing. -- {Mor*da"cious*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mordacious
       adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
              aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting},
              {nipping}, {pungent}]
       2: biting or given to biting; "they deliberately gave me a
          skittish and mordacious mount"