reˈmordent, a. rare.
[ad. pres. pple. of L. remordēre: see remord v.]
Biting in return.
| 1817 G. S. Faber Eight Dissert. (1845) I. 87 A man treading with his heel upon the head of a remordent snake. 1819 ― Dispensations (1823) I. 325 That the Seed of the woman should bruise the head of the remordent serpent. |