mordancy

mor·dan·cy

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [mawr-dn-see]
- /ˈmɔr dn si/
- /mˈɔːdənsi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mawr-dn-see]
- /ˈmɔr dn si/

Definitions of mordancy word

noun mordancy the quality of being mordant; sharpness. 1
noun mordancy The state or quality of being mordant. 1

See all 2 definitions of mordancy

Information block about the term

Origin of mordancy

First appearance:

before 1650

One of the 45% oldest English words

First recorded in 1650-60; mord(ant) + -ancy

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Mordancy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Mordancy

mordancy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

mordancy usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for mordancy

noun mordancy

acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
acidity — the quality or state of being acid
acridity — sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))

All 40 Synonyms of mordancy