Mor"bid*ly (?), adv. In a morbid manner.
Mor"bid*ness, n. The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.
{ Mor*bif"ic (?), Mor*bif"ic*al (?), } a. [L. morbus disease + -ficare
(in comp.) to make: cf. F. morbifique. See -fy.] Causing disease;
generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter.
Mor*bil"lous (?), a. [LL. morbilli measles, dim. of L. morbus disease:
cf. F. morbilleux.] Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature
of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly.
Mor*bose" (?), a. [L. morbosus, fr. morbus disease.] Proceeding from
disease; morbid; unhealthy.
Morbose tumors and excrescences of plants.
Ray.
Mor*bos"i*ty (?), n. [L. morbositas.] A diseased state; unhealthiness.
[R.] Sir T. Browne.
||Mor`ceau" (?), n. [F.] A bit; a morsel.
Mor*da"cious (?), a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere, morsum, to bite.
See Morsel.] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic;
severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv.
Mor*dac"i*ty (?), n. [L. mordacitas: cf. F. mordacité. See Mordacious.]
The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
Bacon.
Mor"dant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of mordere to bite; L. mordere. See
Morsel.] 1. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.