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toxmia (medicine)


toxmia
<medicine> Blood poisoning. See Blood.

Origin: NL,fr.Gr. Poison + blood.

Source: Websters Dictionary


mordant (iou)



mordant noun, adjective, & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French mordant (use as noun of) pres. ppl adjective of mordre to bite from Proto-Romance alt. of Latin mordere: see -ANT1.]
A. noun.
A tag of metal, sometimes jewelled, at the end of the pendant of a girdle. LME-E16.
A substance enabling a dye or stain to become fixed in the fabric, tissue, etc., on which it is used, usu. applied beforehand. L18.
An adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf. E19.
A corrosive liquid used to etch the lines on a printing plate. L19.
b. adjective.
Of sarcasm etc.: caustic, incisive. LME.
O. Sacks His wit had always been sharp, but now became mordant.
Corrosive. Now rare. E17.
a. Having the property of a mordant or fixative. E19.
b. Of a dye: becoming fixed on the fibre only if a mordant is applied. E20.
Pungent; biting. Of pain: acute, burning. M19.
C. verb trans. Impregnate or treat with a mordant. M19.
mordancy noun the quality of being biting in speech; sarcastic force; incisiveness: M17.
mordantly adverb (a) bitingly, sarcastically; (b) in the manner of a mordant: M19.