mordant的词源

英文词源

mordant: mordant: see morsel
mordant (adj.): late 15c., "caustic" (of words, speech), from Middle French mordant, literally "biting," present participle of mordre "to bite," from Latin mordere "to bite, bite into; nip, sting;" figuratively "to pain, cause hurt," perhaps from PIE root mer- (2) "to rub away, harm" (see smart (v.)). Related: Mordantly. The noun sense in dyeing is first recorded 1791; the adjective in this sense is from 1902. Related: Mordancy; mordantly.

来自拉丁语mordere,咬，来自PIE*smerd,咬，叮，词源同morsel,remorse,smart.用于指说话或文字戳中痛点的，引申词义讽刺的。

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