mortiferous

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mortifer +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mortiferous (comparative more mortiferous, superlative most mortiferous)

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

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