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Mordant

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Noun

1. mordant

a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

Adjective

2. black, grim, mordant

harshly ironic or sinister

Example Sentences:
'black humor'
'a grim joke'
'grim laughter'
'fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit'

3. caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic

of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Mordant

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adjective
1. 
sarcastic or caustic
2. 
having the properties of a mordant
3. 
pungent
noun
4. 
a substance used before the application of a dye, possessing the ability to fix colours in textiles, leather, etc
See also lake2 (sense 1)
5. 
an acid or other corrosive fluid used to etch lines on a printing plate
verb
6. (transitive)
to treat (a fabric, yarn, etc) with a mordant

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Mordant

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adjective
1. 
biting, cutting, caustic, or sarcastic, as speech, wit, etc.
2. 
causing corrosion
3. 
acting as a mordant
noun
4. 
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, as a metallic compound that combines with the organic dye to form an insoluble colored compound, or lake, in the fiber of the fabric
5. 
an acid or other corrosive substance used in etching to bite lines, areas, etc. into the surface
verb transitive
6. 
to treat or impregnate with a mordant

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Mordant

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adj.
1.
a. Bitingly sarcastic: mordant satire.
b. Incisive and trenchant: an inquisitor's mordant questioning.
2. Bitingly painful.
3. Serving to fix colors in dyeing.
n.
1. A reagent, such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials.
2. A corrosive substance, such as an acid, used in etching.
tr.v. mor·dant·ed, mor·dant·ing, mor·dants
To treat with a mordant.

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