lethiferous
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lethiferous
Rhymes with -ɪfəɹəs
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Borrowed from Latin lethifer, letifer, from lethum, letum (“death”) + ferre (“to bear, to bring”). Compare French léthifère.
adjective more lethiferous · most lethiferous
- Deadly, lethal. 1658, John Robinson, Eudoxa, p. 151 - Those that are really lethiferous are but excrescencies of sin
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adj Obsolete term meaning "deadly", "lethal"
| Română | letifer |
|---|---|
| Русский | смертоно́сный smertonósnyj |
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