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Meaning of mordicative | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Biting or corrosive.

archaic, figuratively

Examples

“[T]he conceits and jeſts of Ariſtophanes are bitter and ſharp withal, carrying with them a mordicative qualitie which doth bite, sting and exulcerate whereſoever they light.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Mordorian Mordovian Mordvin Mordvinian Mordvinic more