What does mortiferous mean?
Definitions for mortiferous
mor·tif·er·ous
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mortiferousadjective
Causing spiritual death.
mortiferousadjective
Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal.
Etymology: From mortifer.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mortiferousadjective
Fatal; deadly; destructive.
Etymology: mortifer, Latin.
What is it but a continued perpetuated voice from heaven, to give men no rest in their sins, no quiet from Christ’s importunity, till they awake from the lethargick sleep, and arise from so dead, so mortiferous a state, and permit him to give them life. Henry Hammond, Fundamentals.
These murmurings, like a mortiferous herb, are poisonous even in their first spring. Government of the Tongue, s. 10.
Webster Dictionary
Mortiferousadjective
bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb
Etymology: [L. mortifier; mors, mortis, death + ferre to bring: cf. F. mortifre.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mortiferous
mor-tif′ėr-us, adj. death-bringing: fatal. [L. mors, death, ferre, to bring.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mortiferous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mortiferous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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