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.”
Hajji (noun) hadj-ee A muslim who has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. First recorded in 1600–10; from Arabic ḥajjī, equivalent to ḥajj “pilgrimage” + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or…
