mortiferous

English

Etymology

From Latin mortifer +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/

Adjective

mortiferous (comparative more mortiferous, superlative most mortiferous)

1. (now rare) Causing spiritual death. [from 16th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 140:

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

2. Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal. [from 16th c.]

Translations

deadly, fatal, lethal

• Russian: смертоносный (ru) (smertonosnyj)