mortiferous

[ mawr-tif-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. deadly; fatal.

Other Words From

• mor·tifer·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortiferous¹

1525–35; < Latin mortiferus death-bearing, equivalent to morti- (stem of mors ) death + -ferus -ferous

Example Sentences

Mortiferous, mor-tif′ėr-us, adj. death-bringing: fatal.

From Project Gutenberg

Their black dress-coats have long since become rusty and out of the mode, and the mortiferous whiskey of the country now tantalizes such of them as it has not killed with melancholy remembrances of the Burgundy that was.

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

Also this Laudable Medicine of Philosophers, according to my understanding, cannot prolong Life, beyond the term prefixed from above, but only preserve from the Effect of all Venimous, or otherwise mortiferous Diseases: and so it is certainly true, as is commonly believed, that the prolongation of Humane Life depends, on the Will of the Omnipotent God only.

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