mordacity

Example Sentences

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And now to reply to the charge of mordacity.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

The facility of doggrel merely of itself could not have yielded the exuberance of his humour and the mordacity of his satire.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

Yet a circumstance which happened in the academy betrays the mordacity and envy of Annibalo at the superior accomplishments of his more learned brother.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac