Word Meanings - FIXATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.

WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
MORDANT
Serving to fix colors. (more info) 1. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
MORDANTLY
In the manner of a mordant.