Mordants

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  • n. Plural form of mordant.
    • Word Usage
    "By and by, however, it was found possible to render some of the dyes more permanent, probably in the first instance by the application of certain kinds of earth or mud, as we know to be practiced by the Maori dyers of to-day, and in this way, as it appears to me, the early dyers learnt the efficacy of what we now call "mordants," which I may briefly describe as fixing agents for coloring matters."
    Equivalent
    sarcastic    destructive   
    Verb Form
    mordanted    mordanting    mordants   
    Cross Reference
    dutch mordant    acid mordant colors    mordanting principle    mordent   
    Form
    mordanted    mordanting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    biting    caustic    sarcastic    keen    severe    corrosive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    discordant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    caustic    vitriolic    self-deprecating    satiric    wry    corrosive    scathing    trenchant    acidic    unintended   
     
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