mordant
mor
ˈmɔr
mawr
dant
dənt
dēnt
/mˈɔːdənt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "mordant"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ, āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ

a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀, āϰāĻ‚ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀

(of a substance) capable of chemically treating other materials so as to corrode or set colors
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tanners use mordant chemicals like alum, chrome, and vegetable tannins to set dyes and preserve animal hides during the leather-making process.
āϚāĻžāĻŽā§œāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϰāĻž āϚāĻžāĻŽā§œāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžā§Ÿ āϰāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āϚāĻžāĻŽā§œāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϟāĻ•āĻŋāϰāĻŋ, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āϜ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āϰāĻžāϏāĻžā§ŸāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŸā§‚

having a quality that is criticizing and harsh, yet humorous
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His mordant humor often masks his true feelings about the issues he discusses.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝāϰāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϏ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
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