deathful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English dethful, equivalent to death + -ful.
Meanings
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Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Five hapless swains with soft allusive smiles / The harlot meshes in her deathful toils […].
1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 111:
- Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
- (literary) Subject to death; mortal.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most deathful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more deathful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |