† mordificativeadj.

Forms: late Middle English mordificatyue, late Middle English 1600s mordificatiue, 1500s mordificatife.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mordificativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mordificativus that bites or stings (a1250 in a British source) < mordificat- , past participial stem of mordificare to affect with a biting pain, to sting (from c1200 in British sources; remodelling of mordicare mordicate v. with -ficare -fy suffix) + -ivus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French mordificatif caustic, irritant (16th cent. in one isolated attestation). Compare mordicant adj., mordicative adj.

Obsolete.

= mordicative adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent

sharpc1000

hotc1175

poignantc1387

keen1398

angryc1400

eager?c1400

tartc1405

argutec1420

mordicative?a1425

mordificative?a1425

piperinea1425

pungitive?a1425

pikea1475

vehement1490

oversharpa1500

over-stronga1500

penetrating?1576

penetrative1578

quick1578

piercing1593

exalted1594

mordicant1603

acute1620

toothed1628

pungent1644

piquant1645

tartarous1655

mordacious1657

piperate1683

peppery1684

tartish1712

hyperoxide1816

snell1835

mordanta1845

shrill1864

piperitious1890

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 29 (MED) Signe of verray herisiple is..dolour & aking mordificatiue [L. mordicatiuus] & pungityue.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 173 Medicinez regendring of flesh..clensyng or wipyng & nouȝt mordificatyue.

1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man K4 That this disease requirith sharp medicines as those which be mordificatife or biting.

1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. ii. 113 Garlicke... It hath a facultie mordificatiue [It. mordificativo] (as it were of the race of backbiters and slanderers).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mordificative
释义	† mordificativeadj. Forms: late Middle English mordificatyue, late Middle English 1600s mordificatiue, 1500s mordificatife. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mordificativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mordificativus that bites or stings (a1250 in a British source) < mordificat- , past participial stem of mordificare to affect with a biting pain, to sting (from c1200 in British sources; remodelling of mordicare mordicate v. with -ficare -fy suffix) + -ivus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French mordificatif caustic, irritant (16th cent. in one isolated attestation). Compare mordicant adj., mordicative adj. Obsolete. = mordicative adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent sharpc1000 hotc1175 poignantc1387 keen1398 angryc1400 eager?c1400 tartc1405 argutec1420 mordicative?a1425 mordificative?a1425 piperinea1425 pungitive?a1425 pikea1475 vehement1490 oversharpa1500 over-stronga1500 penetrating?1576 penetrative1578 quick1578 piercing1593 exalted1594 mordicant1603 acute1620 toothed1628 pungent1644 piquant1645 tartarous1655 mordacious1657 piperate1683 peppery1684 tartish1712 hyperoxide1816 snell1835 mordanta1845 shrill1864 piperitious1890 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 29 (MED) Signe of verray herisiple is..dolour & aking mordificatiue [L. mordicatiuus] & pungityue. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 173 Medicinez regendring of flesh..clensyng or wipyng & nouȝt mordificatyue. 1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man K4 That this disease requirith sharp medicines as those which be mordificatife or biting. 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. ii. 113 Garlicke... It hath a facultie mordificatiue [It. mordificativo] (as it were of the race of backbiters and slanderers). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.?a1425
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