mortiferous

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UK/mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/

adjective

Causing spiritual death.

OriginLatin mortifer →
First used 16th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectivemortiferous (comparative more mortiferous, superlative most mortiferous)

comparative more mortiferous · superlative most mortiferous

  1. archaicCausing spiritual death.First known use 16th c.

    Breton recruits were notorious for suffering from la nostalgie – a mortiferous form of homesickness.

    2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 140
  2. Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal.First known use 16th c.

Origin

  1. Latinmortifer
  2. Englishmortiferous

From Latin mortifer + -ous.

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Translations

Russian смертоносный
  • смертоносный (smertonosnyj)deadly, fatal, lethal
Spanish mortífero
  • mortíferodeadly, fatal, lethal

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mortiferous

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Chicago

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