noun
Origin: Ger < It mordente, prp. of mordere < L, to bite: see mordant
See mordent in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: German
Origin: , from Italian mordente
Origin: , from mordere, to bite
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *mordere
Origin: , from Latin mordēre; see mer- in Indo-European roots
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