Hard, mordacious, no man's friend .
"Wolf Breed"
Jackson Gregory
Grand-duke and taxes were synonymes, according to this mordacious lexicographer!
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli
He'd thunder and grumble At high and at humble Until he became, in a while, mordacious, pugnacious, Rapacious.
"Grimm Tales Made Gay"
Guy Wetmore Carryl