à la mort
[ a la -mawr ]
/ a la ˈmɔr /
adjective
mortally ill.
melancholy; dispirited.
adverb
grievously; fatally.
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Origin of à la mort
literally, to the death
Words nearby à la mort
Alamein, à l'américaine, alamo, alamode, Alamogordo, à la mort, Alan, ala nasi, Alanbrooke, à l'ancienne, Åland Islands
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Example sentences from the Web for à la mort
Alamort, a-la-mort′, adj. half-dead: in a depressed condition: dejected.