slovo | definícia |
mordacious (encz) | mordacious, adj: |
Mordacious (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.
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mordacious (wn) | mordacious
adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting,
nipping, pungent, mordacious]
2: biting or given to biting; "they deliberately gave me a
skittish and mordacious mount" |
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mordacious (encz) | mordacious, adj: |
mordaciously (encz) | mordaciously, adv: |
Mordaciously (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.
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mordacious (wn) | mordacious
adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting,
nipping, pungent, mordacious]
2: biting or given to biting; "they deliberately gave me a
skittish and mordacious mount" |
mordaciously (wn) | mordaciously
adv 1: in a mordacious manner; "she taunted him mordaciously" |
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