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Synonyms

mortiferous

American  
[mawr-tif-er-uhs] / mɔrˈtɪf ər əs /

adjective

  1. deadly; fatal.

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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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?

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

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