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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mordent /ˈmɔːd(ə)nt/

▶noun Music an ornament consisting of one rapid alternation of a written note with the note immediately below or above it in the scale.

– origin C19: via Ger. from Ital. mordente, pres. part. of mordere ‘to bite’.

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