Толковый словарь английского языка - mordant
Mordant
mordant
I. adjective Etymology: Middle French, present participle of mordre to bite, from Latin mordēre; perhaps akin to Sanskrit mṛdnāti he presses, rubs Date: 15th century biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style ; incisive , acting as a ~, burning , pungent , see: caustic ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1791 a chemical that fixes a dye in or on a substance by combining with the dye to form an insoluble compound, a corroding substance used in etching, III. transitive verb Date: 1836 to treat with a ~
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of sarcasm etc.) caustic, biting. 2 pungent, smarting. 3 corrosive or cleansing. 4 (of a substance) serving to fix colouring-matter or gold leaf on another substance. --n. a mordant substance (in senses 3, 4 of adj.). Derivatives mordancy n. mordantly adv. Etymology: ME f. F, part. of mordre bite f. L mordere ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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