mordicancy

English

Etymology

mordicant +‎ -cy

Noun

mordicancy (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A biting quality; corrosiveness.
   • 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     the Mordicancy thus allay'd , be lure to make the Mortar very clean

References

• “mordicancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.