Etymology

mortiferous

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Today it means: Causing spiritual death. Full definition →

First used 16th c.Latin mortifer
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  1. Latin · derived frommortifer
  2. English todaymortiferous

From Latin mortifer + -ous.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. Causing spiritual death.
  • from 16th c. Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal.

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