mordant.
Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
Meaning & usage
Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
Serving to fix a dye to a fiber.
Where this word comes from
From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.
Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
Any corrosive substance used in etching.
A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.
Where this word comes from
From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.
Mordant these goods for dyeing.
Where this word comes from
From French mordant, from Latin mordeō. Doublet of mordent.
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