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English
Etymology
From Latin mordicatio.
Noun
mordication (countable and uncountable, plural mordications)
- (archaic) The act of biting or corroding.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:mordication of the orifices of the parts
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