mordant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔː(r)dənt/
• Homophone: mordent

Adjective

mordant (comparative more mordant, superlative most mordant)

1. biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

Translations

biting or caustic

• Finnish: pureva (fi), julma (fi), pisteliäs (fi)
• German: beißend (de)

• Korean: 신랄한 (ko) (sillalhan)
• Polish: żrący (pl)

Noun

mordant (plural mordants)

1. Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
   • 1964, In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and the mordant which fixes the dye in the wool. — L.F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, p. 208.
2. Any corrosive substance used in etching.

Translations

a substance used to facilitate dye fixing

• Finnish: puretin (fi)
• German: Beize (de) f

• Korean: 매염제 (ko) (maeyeomje)
• Spanish: mordiente (es), mordaz (es)

Verb

mordant (third-person singular simple present mordants, present participle mordanting, simple past and past participle mordanted)

1. (transitive) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

   Mordant these goods for dyeing.

Translations

to subject to a mordant

• Finnish: purettaa (fi)

See also

• Mordant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mordent

Anagrams

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French

Verb

mordant

1. Present participle of mordre.

Anagrams

• dormant