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Word: mordant (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
  • Serving to fix colors when dyeing.

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Noun:

  • Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

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Verb:

  • pos_vt To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

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