morbific
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of morbific
1645–55; < New Latin morbificus, equivalent to morb ( us ) sickness + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
Example Sentences
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In Kingston, Jamaica, for instance, British colonial officers tried to banish the disease by firing cannons through the streets “to destroy the morbific power that lurked in the dark alleys”.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2020
But impressibility does not imply disease, although it may make the system more accessible to slight morbific agencies.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
Chauveau first showed how to make the morbific poison its own antidote.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Causes.—In addition to the causes already enumerated, are the accumulation of excrementitious and morbific materials in the system.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
It is commonly thought, that the Blood only is affected in these Cases by the morbific Effluvia.
From A Discourse on the Plague by Mead, Richard
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