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Adjective
/ˈmôrdnt/,
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(esp. of humor) Having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting,
  1. (esp. of humor) Having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting
    • - a mordant sense of humor
Verb
  1. Impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant

Noun
  1. A substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material

  2. An adhesive compound for fixing gold leaf

  3. A corrosive liquid used to etch the lines on a printing plate

  1. a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
  2. black: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
  3. caustic: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  4. A mordant is a substance used to set dyes on fabrics or tissue sections by forming a coordination complex with the dye which then attaches to the fabric or tissue. It may be used for dyeing fabrics, or for intensifying stains in cell or tissue preparations. ...
  5. Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation; vt To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe
  6. (mordantly) In a mordant manner
  7. (Mordanting) Pre-treating leather with any substance save acid or alkali which substantially alters its affinity for dyestuffs. (1)
  8. Mordants are after-fixing chemicals essential to impart some degree of colour fastness performance to most natural dyes and some synthetic ones. They are typically metal salts and therefore decidedly environmentally unfriendly. Some are better than others.
  9. An additive that makes dyes more stable and allows the dyes to penetrate the wool.
  10. An acid used to etch the surface of metal, glass, stone, etc.
  11. A product used in dyeing that reacts with the dye and fiber to fix the dye permanently to the fiber.  Different mordants produce different hues and shades from the same dye.
  12. The use of a substance, such as alum, to enable a dye or stain to become fixed in a fabric.
  13. French for biting. A wine which has a trace of bitterness, plus acidity, plus a tiny prickliness on the palate. In a blend, however, a mordant wine can improve a weak wine, although its pungent characteristic will come through.
  14. Any substance which fixes or holds a colorant in the material to be dyed.
  15. (adj/n) - biting, cutting, sarcastic; acute, burning; corrosive; acid that eats into metal. mordacious
  16. (1) a reagent for fixing coloring matter in textiles; (2) a corrosive substance such as acid used in etching.
  17. From the Latin ‘to bite’, the term describes a substance used to prepare wool or silk for dyeing. The mordant attaches to receptor sites on the surface of protein fibers and makes a chemical bridge between the dyestuff and fiber. The most common mordants are alum and iron sulfite. ...
  18. 1. biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive. . . acting as mordant. 3. burning, pungent
  19. A chemical, usually a metallic salt, used to fix a dye by combining with it to form an insoluble compound.
  20. A chemical agent that fixes a dyestuff to a fiber.
  21. adjective - 1. biting, cutting, caustic, or sarcastic, as speech, wit, etc. 2. causing corrosion 3. acting as a mordant - noun - 1. ...
  22. A chemical substance such as tannic acid, that fixes dyes to cells, tissues, or textiles or other materials. It is commonly a metal salt.
  23. adhesive for gold leaf, applied with a brush and often used for gilded linear patterns on draperies. A mordant consists usually of pigment in an oil-resin medium. Mordant gilding is not burnished.
  24. A substance, such as iodine, that can intensify or deepen the response a specimen has to a stain. (46)
  25. An adhesive in the wool dyeing process which enables the dye to be fixed in the wool.