Home › Words › M › mordicationmordicationmordication means the act of biting or corroding.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, mordication ranks #8,611 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin mordicatio.nounThe act of biting or corroding.e.g.“mordication of the orifices of the parts” — 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William LDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).