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Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:May 04, 2007 1:36PM
Subject: This week's theme is: Caustic!
Message: trenchant 

(adjective)
[TREN-chahnt]
 


1. full of force and vigor; keen: "Jen came to the forum with a host of trenchant opinions and ignited a wonderful series of discussions."

2. caustic or biting; severe; direct; gutting; 'trenchant wit'; 'trenchant criticism'

3. clearly defined; distinct; 'the trenchant divisions between right and wrong' (Edith Wharton)

noun form: trenchancy
adverb form: trenchantly

Origin:
Approximately 1325; from Middle English, 'trenchaunt'; borrowed from Old French, 'trenchant': cutting, sharp, present participle of 'trenchier': to cut; possibly from Vulgar Latin, 'trincare'; from Latin, 'truncare': to cut off.

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Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:May 03, 2007 11:56AM
Subject: This week's theme is: Caustic!
Message: sardonic 

(adjective)
[sawr-DON-ik]
 


1. mocking or showing disdain, usually applied to a sarcastic laugh or facial expression; derisive: "The broker didn't say as much, but his sardonic expression made it clear that we were not going to get the house."

adverb form: sardonically
noun form: sardonicism

Origin:
Approximately 1638; probably borrowed from French, 'sardonique' (also found in Spanish, 'sardonico' and Italian, 'sardonico'); formed from Latin, 'sardonius'; from Greek, 'sardonios': scornful laughter, altered from the 'sardanios' found in Homer, which referred to a bitter plant that would produce similar facial expressions when eaten.
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Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:May 01, 2007 11:51AM
Subject: This week's theme is: Caustic!
Message: vitriolic 

(adjective)
[vit'-ree-OL-ik]
 


1. of or pertaining to a glassy metallic sulfate

2. expressing bitterness or hatred; caustic: "Even on first dates, Michael's vitriolic view of the world managed to seep out."

Origin:
Approximately 1670; English, 'vitriol' from Old French; from Medieval Latin, 'vitriolum': vitriol, from neuter of 'vitriolus; variant of Late Latin, 'vitreolus': of glass; from Latin, 'vitreus': of glass, glassy, from 'vitrum': glass.
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Proudofmines
Registerd: 2006/07
Posted:Apr 30, 2007 11:33AM
Subject: This week's theme is: Caustic!
Message: mordant 

(adjective, noun, transitive verb)
[MOR-dnt]
 


adjective

1. bitingly sarcastic or critical; caustic: "My sister turned her endless supply of mordant comments into a career in comedy."

2. burning or corrosive

3. acting to fix colors in dyeing

noun

4. a substance used to fix dye in or on leather or textiles

5. a corrosive substance used in etching

transitive verb

6. to treat with a mordant; 'to mordant goods for dyeing'

noun form: mordancy
adverb form: mordantly

Origin:
Approximately 1474; from Middle English, 'mordent'; borrowed from Middle French, 'mordant,' present participle of 'mordre': to bite; from Vulgar Latin, 'mordere'; from Latin, 'mordere': to bite or sting; perhaps akin to Sanskrit, 'mrdnAti': he presses, rubs.

 
 

 
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