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à la mort

[ a la mawr ]
/ a la ˈmɔr /
French.
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adjective

mortally ill.
melancholy; dispirited.

adverb

grievously; fatally.

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Nearby words

  1. à la broche,
  2. à la carte,
  3. à la française,
  4. à la king,
  5. à la mode,
  6. à la rigueur,
  7. à la vapeur,
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  10. à point

Origin of à la mort

literally, to the death
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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