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PRONUNCIATION OF MORDANCY

mordancy  [ˈmɔːdənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORDANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mordancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MORDANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mordancy in the English dictionary

The first definition of mordancy in the dictionary is the fact of being sarcastic. Other definition of mordancy is the ability to fix colours in textiles. Mordancy is also the proporty of etching lines on a printing plate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORDANCY


accordancy
əˈkɔːdənsɪ
ardency
ˈɑːdənsɪ
ascendancy
əˈsɛndənsɪ
co-dependency
ˌkəʊdɪˈpɛndənsɪ
dependancy
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
dependency
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
despondency
dɪˈspɒndənsɪ
discordancy
dɪsˈkɔːdənsɪ
impudency
ˈɪmpjuːdənsɪ
independency
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənsɪ
interdependency
ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndənsɪ
pendency
ˈpɛndənsɪ
presidency
ˈprɛzɪdənsɪ
pudency
ˈpjuːdənsɪ
redundancy
rɪˈdʌndənsɪ
residency
ˈrɛzɪdənsɪ
superintendency
ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
verdancy
ˈvɜːdənsɪ
vice-presidency
ˌvaɪsˈprɛzɪdənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORDANCY

morbillivirus
morbillous
morbus
morceau
morceaux
morcha
mordacious
mordaciously
mordaciousness
mordacity
mordant
mordantly
Mordecai
mordent
Mordovia
Mordovian Republic
Mordred
Mordvin
Mordvinian Republic
more

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORDANCY

abundancy
accountancy
attendancy
Clancy
conservancy
consultancy
discrepancy
expectancy
fancy
infancy
intendancy
life expectancy
nancy
occupancy
pregnancy
relevancy
tenancy
the fancy
vacancy
voluntary redundancy

Synonyms and antonyms of mordancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mordancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORDANCY

Find out the translation of mordancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mordancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mordancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mordancy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mordacidad
570 millions of speakers

English

mordancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mordancy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mordancy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mordancy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mordancy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হুল ফোটান কথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mordancy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mordansi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beißender Humor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mordancy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mordancy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mordancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mordancy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mordancy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोर्दिन्सी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

keskinlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mordancy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mordancy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mordancy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mordancy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mordancy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mordancy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mordancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mordancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mordancy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORDANCY»

The term «mordancy» is used very little and occupies the 162.189 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORDANCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mordancy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORDANCY»

Discover the use of mordancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mordancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bloodwork
The. Mordancy. My love is a blatant disregard for human life: Blowtorch or boxcutter, hacksaw or hurled lead. If I stake my jet-black heart with the contumely knife, The mordancy of my blood will kill the world dead.
Nathan Redman, 2007
2
Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design
R2was designed to measure the fixation of mordancy and inflammation prevention by using alginic soda indalca pa-30 ratio. The results are shown in Table 3. Table 3 Pre-treatment condition by each spec specimen mordant ratio(% ) R-1(%) ...
Yong Gu Ji, 2012
3
Love In the Mist
Mordancy. I don't even mention love anymore Our story was too many years before Our romance went to rest a long time ago Ican't imagine why you are back at my door With chocolate smile and rosy lures ( 12. Forsaken and Cast Out 1.
Cyndiann Lewis Walcott, 2011
4
Tsunami Sundog
For it is nothing less than a taste of Heaven. But within the very sapidity of this memory is a cloying mordancy that can not be ignored. And soon, Sean, always aware of the need to maintain a balanced approach when seeking a diagnosis, ...
Patrick Moran, 2011
5
Histochemical and Cytochemical Methods of Visualization
1.4.2.4 Mordancy When a staining substance does not have an auxochromic group, a mordant is useful. A mordant is a molecule that allows the fixation of the staining substance on the tissue. Two methods can be used. The tissue can be first ...
Jean-Marie Exbrayat, 2013
6
Visualization of Nucleic Acids
The staining must be preceded by what is called "mordancy". This involves mixing the dye with another molecule which makes possible its fixation on tissue structures. HO (2) Hematoxylin (3) Hematein l . Staining preceded by mordancy ...
Gerard Morel, 1995
7
Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy
Basic dyes possess an -NHlj cationic auxochrome. In contrast, acidic dyes possess an anionic auxochrome, such as -COCT or even SOJ . 1.2.1.5 Mordancy When a staining substance does not have an auxochromic group, a mordant is useful.
Jean-Marie Exbrayat, 2000
8
Gethsemane Day
Gethsemane Day brings together her last and hitherto unpublished poems, which celebrate survival with all the anarchic zest, mordancy and lyric drive of Hare Soup, while confronting individual illness and death with moving lucidity.
Dorothy Molloy, 2010
9
Patrick White's The Eye of the Storm, Voss, and Other Novels
7. acidity ft acridity, acrimony, asperity, mordancy, pungency, severity 8. harshness 10. bitterness, causticity 11. astringency acetic acid ... 7. vinegar ft vesicant 9. corrosive Achaean, Achalan ... ft Greek (a) 6. Greece ache ... 4. burn, long, pain, ...
Herbert Reaske, 1977
10
Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... hydrochloric acidic sour acid in temper acerb(ic) acidity acerbity, acridness, causticity, mordancy, pungency, sharpness. trenchancy acid-leaved herb used in salads sorrel acid liquid vinegar acid neutraliser alkali, antacid acid of fruits malic  ...
Louisa Pansegrouw, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORDANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mordancy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl': Growing Up, the Hard Way
... the film is decidedly niche stuff, rampant with a truthful mordancy better appreciated by those who've never lost touch with the art house just ... «iBerkshires.com, Jul 15»
2
TRUE DETECTIVE Season 2 Recap: "Other Lives"
... empty torture chamber, stinking of rotting flesh and caked with dry blood, and there may be no better symbol of the show's hollow mordancy. «Collider.com, Jul 15»
3
Driver's Seat adaptation has the vital Spark
In his peerless adaptation, Laurie Samson, artistic director of the NTS, captures that mordancy at every turn. Without it, the play would be ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
4
CHARLESTON MASSACRE
But Obama's speech at a time America needed reassurance from its leaders was filled with mordancy from the lips of a pusillanimous mockery ... «WND.com, Jun 15»
5
New band of the week: Elvis Depressedly (No 57)
... and the act of feeling sorrowful, with songs that bring a bright new melodiousness to all the mournful mordancy. “The tendency with our music ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
Bill Maher, American hero: Laughing at religion is exactly what the …
... so Maher devastatingly unloads on religion, and with consummate mordancy, even stridency – as is his right. At this stage in the fight against ... «Salon, Apr 15»
7
Fay Weldon's Mischief: short stories reveal fun and fury
... this is often accompanied and masked by an unillusioned kick-arse spirit of irony, an easy capacity for drama, mordancy and mockery. «The Australian, Apr 15»
8
'Kill Chain' holds up the drone and looks at it from every angle
Now consider the drone, as Andrew Cockburn does with mordancy in Kill Chain: an unmanned aerial vehicle that has been with us for some ... «Christian Science Monitor, Mar 15»
9
Hard-won wisdom in Abigail Thomas' 'What Comes Next and How to …
... of short reflections — some as brief as a single sentence — on aging and mortality, infused with her signature sense of mordancy and wit. «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
10
Stevie, Hampstead Theatre, London — review
She embraces the mild eccentricity, gives full though unostentatious weight to Smith's musings on death, yet prefers the wry mordancy distilled ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mordancy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mordancy>. Apr 2024 ».
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