Definition: mordicant

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mordicant \Mor"di*cant\, a. [L. mordicans, p. pr. of mordicare
   to bite, fr. mordere: cf. F. mordicant.]
   Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. [R.]
   --Boyle.