mordu

adjectivecommon noun verb

Syllable Decomposition

mordu

Etymology

past participle of the verb 'mordre' (to bite).

Definitions

1. That has been bitten by the teeth.: Une pêche mordue à belles dents.

2.: Mordu du chien de la métromanie, Le mal me prit, je fus auteur aussi. - Voltaire, Le pauvre diable.

3. That has suffered some damage compared to a bite.: Mordu par la critique.

4. Passionate, a fan.familiar: Il est mordu de football.

5. Said of parts that are irregularly truncated. botanique

6. Said of the clamp of a pulley when it is caught between the sheave and the pulley case. marine

7. Referring to a seam, a seam whose edges encroach too much on each other.

See also

mordeur (cn.) mordeur (adj.) mordu (v.) morde (v.) mordiez (v.) mordîmes (v.) mordîtes (v.) mordrons (v.) mordisse (v.) mordisses (v.) mordissions (v.) mordissiez (v.) mordrions (v.) mordriez (v.) démordre (v.) mordette (cn.) mordant (adj.) mordre (v.) morsure (cn.) remordre (v.)