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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MORDACITY

n.[L. mordacitas, from mordeo, to bite. ] The quality of biting.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MORDACITY

Mor *dac "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. mordacitas: cf. F. mordacité. See Mordacious. ]

 

Defn: The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. Bacon.