MORDANE - additional countrymen of Hamlet
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08/17/2026 8:32 PM
MORDANT
PRONUNCIATION: (MOR-duhnt)
MEANING: adjective: Biting, caustic, or sarcastic.
noun: 1. A substance used to fix a dye in or on a material.
2. A corrosive substance used in etching.
verb tr.: To treat with a mordant.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French mordant (biting), present participle of mordre (to bite), from Latin mordere (to bite). Earliest documented use: 1791 for the noun, 1474 for the adjective, and 1839 for the verb.
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CORDANT - agreeing with; ant. discordant
MONDANT - writing an epic, creating an entire world
MORDON'T - additional proscriptions
