mordaz

Borrowed from Latin mordācem (“biting”).

• Hyphenation: mor‧daz

mordaz m or f (plural mordazes)

1. mordacious (sharp or caustic in style or tone)

   Synonym: incisivo

From Latin mordācis (“biting”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /moɾˈdaθ/ [moɾˈð̞aθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /moɾˈdas/ [moɾˈð̞as]
• Rhymes: -aθ
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: mor‧daz

mordaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural mordaces)

1. caustic

   Synonyms: cáustico, acre

2. corrosive

   Synonym: corrosivo

3. scathing

   Synonym: acerbo

• “mordaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28