Mordacious

"You must forgive the Maestra for her characteristic mordacious tone, Consejal Pejeno," Betina du Zabala of the Gremio Poetica said, smiling oddly at her great rival. ❋ Dean Francis Alfar (2004)

But with one great and splendid virtue was he endowed in the eyes of the enemies of the House of Borgia -- contemporary, and subsequent down to our times -- a most profound, unchristian, and mordacious hatred of all ❋ Rafael Sabatini (1912)

Calvinist, vented in his writings a mordacious hatred of the Papacy and of the religion from which he had seceded. ❋ Rafael Sabatini (1912)

Hard, mordacious, no man's friend ... that was the ❋ Jackson Gregory (1912)

But with one great and splendid virtue was he endowed in the eyes of the enemies of the House of Borgia -- contemporary, and subsequent down to our times -- a most profound, unchristian, and mordacious hatred of all Borgias. ❋ Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 (1912)

This Tommaso Tommasi, whose real name was Gregorio Leti -- and it is under this that such works of his as are reprinted are published nowadays -- was a most prolific author of the seventeenth century, who, having turned Calvinist, vented in his writings a mordacious hatred of the Papacy and of the religion from which he had seceded. ❋ Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 (1912)

Unable longer to endure the lash of his mordacious wit, Shaynon turned and left them alone on the balcony. ❋ Louis Joseph Vance (1906)

his name is elijah sandalphon. i'm mordacious schadenfreude. we are going to wrestle. cage match. ❋ Mordicai (2003)