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Webster 1913 Edition
Lethiferous
Le-thif′er-ous
(lē̍-thĭf′ẽr-ŭs)
, Adj.
[L.
lethifer
, letifer
, fr. lethum
, letum
, death + ferre
to bear, to bring: cf. F. léthifère
.] Deadly; bringing death or destruction.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lethiferous
LETHIF'EROUS
,Adj.
Deadly; mortal; bringing death or destruction.
Definition 2024
lethiferous
lethiferous
English
Adjective
lethiferous (comparative more lethiferous, superlative most lethiferous)
- (obsolete) Deadly, lethal.
- 1658, John Robinson, Eudoxa, p. 151 - Those that are really lethiferous are but excrescencies of sin
Translations
Obsolete term meaning "deadly", "lethal"
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References
- lethiferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914