Etymology

deathful

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Today it means: Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly. Full definition →

First used 13th c.Middle English dethful
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromdethful
  2. English todaydeathful

From Middle English dethful, equivalent to death + -ful.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 13th c. Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
  • from 15th c. Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
  • from 17th c. Subject to death; mortal.

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