| mordacious | (adj) biting or given to biting, Example: they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount |
| mordaciously | (adv) in a mordacious manner, Example: she taunted him mordaciously |
| Mordacious | a. [ L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere, morsum, to bite. See Morsel. ] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- |