à la mort

[a la mawr]

adjective

1. mortally ill.

2. melancholy; dispirited.

adverb

1. grievously; fatally.

Word History and Origins

Origin of à la mort¹

Literally, “to the death”

Example Sentences

“Silence a la mort,” replied Laurie, with a melodramatic flourish, as he went away.

From Literature

Tronchin, the Protestant physician from Geneva, who attended him almost to the last, and who was so horrified at what he witnessed that he said, "Pour voir toutes les furies d'Oreste, il n'y avait qu'a se trouver a la mort de Voltaire."

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Chertablon, “Maniere de se bien preparer à la mort,” 177.

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“La maniere de se bien preparer à la mort, par M. de Chertablon.”

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C’est qu’il faut penser à la mort, Tout vistement pliés bagage, Car il faut faire ce voyage.

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