mortiferous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- mortiferousness noun
Etymology
Origin of mortiferous
1525–35; < Latin mortiferus death-bearing, equivalent to morti- (stem of mors ) death + -ferus -ferous
Example Sentences
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Mortiferous, mor-tif′ėr-us, adj. death-bringing: fatal.
From Project Gutenberg
And looking vpon my selfe, I was ashamed to see my vile habite among suche sumpteous induments, that me thought my selfe no otherwaies but euen lyke that vile and mortiferous beast among the most noble signes of the Zodiac.
From Project Gutenberg
But whatever it is in any other Country, 'tis certainly Mortiferous in ours.
From Project Gutenberg
Suppose an universall Hot Pestilence beat her mortiferous wings Ore all my Kingdome, am I not bound in soule To empty all our Achademes of Doctors And Aesculapian Spirits to charme this plague?
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