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mordant

adjective
🔊/ˈmɔːdnt/
🔊/ˈmɔːrdnt/
 (formal)
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  1. critical and unkind, but funny尖刻而又风趣的；讽刺幽默的 synonym caustic
    • His mordant wit appealed to students.他那尖刻的妙语受到学生的欢迎。🔊🔊
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMordant is used with these nouns:
    • wit
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    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French, present participle of mordre ‘to bite’, from Latin mordere.