mordant — there are multiple meanings and uses of this word, but I’m focusing on its usage as an adjective that means “biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; incisive, keen”
mordaz — the Spanish cognate of the same meaning
mordente — the Italian cognate
These words come to us from Latin’s mordēre which is a verb…
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