mordacious
"mordacious" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mordacious” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
Corpus desk
Index EN-mordacious · mordacious · English
mordacious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mordacious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mordacious” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mordacious is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mordacious in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin mordax (“given to biting, corrosive”) (from mordere (“to bite, sting”)) + -ious. The correct English form is mordacious, spelled M-O-R-D-A-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
- 2sharp or caustic in style or tone.
- 3Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.).
- 4Sharp in intent, sarcastic
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mordacious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.
Etymology
From Latin mordax (“given to biting, corrosive”) (from mordere (“to bite, sting”)) + -ious.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.