Mordant (adj)
maw-dant
(especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.
Late 15th century: from French, present participle of mordre ‘to bite’, from Latin mordere.
Example sentences
“She often cut men down with her mordant humour.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
