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Meaning of mortiferous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

/mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/

Definitions

Causing spiritual death.
archaic
Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal.

Equivalents

Русский смертоносный

Examples

“Breton recruits were notorious for suffering from la nostalgie – a mortiferous form of homesickness.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

mortified mortifying mortised morto Mortonian mortuary