Meanings
adjectivefatiferous (comparative more fatiferous, superlative most fatiferous)
comparative more fatiferous · superlative most fatiferous
- formalobsoleteFate-bringing; deadly; destructive.
Origin
- Latinfatifer
- Englishfatiferous
From Latin fatifer, from fatum (“fate”) + ferre (“to bear, bring”).
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Rhymes with fatiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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fatiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatiferous
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“fatiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatiferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fatiferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatiferous.
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