lethal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Related terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /liːθəl/
• Rhymes: -iːθəl

[edit] Etymology 1

< Latin letalis (“‘moral, deadly’”), improperly written lethalis < letum (“‘death’”), improperly written as lethum, as associated with Greek λήθη (lethe), “‘forgetfulness’”).

[edit] Adjective

lethal (comparative more lethal, superlative most lethal)

1. deadly; mortal; fatal

[edit] Related terms

• lethality

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[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.

[edit] Noun

lethal (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.

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[edit] External links

• lethal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lethal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911