mordant
English
/mɔː(ɹ)dənt/
adj
Definitions
- Having or showing a sharp or critical quality
- Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.
Etymology
Derived from Latin mordeō (bite, I bite) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (sting, bite, burn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)merd-
Gloss
sting, bite, burn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mordacious English
- mordantly English
- remordant English
- smartphone English
- admordeo Latin
- commordeo Latin
- demordeo Latin
- immordeo Latin
- mordax Latin
- mordeō Latin
- morsicāre Latin
- obmordeo Latin
- praemordeo Latin
- remordeo Latin
- mordre French
- σμερδαλέος Ancient Greek
- σμερδνός Ancient Greek
- *(s)merd- Proto-Indo-European
- *smartaz Proto-Germanic
- *smertaną Proto-Germanic
- mordar Ido
- *mordeō Proto-Italic