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Meaning of "mortiferous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MORTIFEROUS

mortiferous  [mɔːˈtɪfərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORTIFEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mortiferous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MORTIFEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mortiferous in the English dictionary

The definition of mortiferous in the dictionary is causing or bringing death. Other definition of mortiferous is causing spiritual death.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORTIFEROUS


amentiferous
ˌæmənˈtɪfərəs
argentiferous
ˌɑːdʒənˈtɪfərəs
chaetiferous
kiːˈtɪfərəs
cobaltiferous
ˌkəʊbɔːlˈtɪfərəs
cruciferous
kruːˈsɪfərəs
diamantiferous
ˌdaɪəmænˈtɪfərəs
fructiferous
frʌkˈtɪfərəs
garnetiferous
ˌɡɑːnəˈtɪfərəs
guttiferous
ɡʌˈtɪfərəs
lactiferous
lækˈtɪfərəs
margaritiferous
ˌmɑːɡərɪˈtɪfərəs
pestiferous
pɛˈstɪfərəs
pyritiferous
ˌpaɪrɪˈtɪfərəs
rotiferous
rəʊˈtɪfərəs
salutiferous
ˌsæljəˈtɪfərəs
septiferous
sɛpˈtɪfərəs
setiferous
sɪˈtɪfərəs
splendiferous
splɛnˈdɪfərəs
stigmatiferous
ˌstɪɡməˈtɪfərəs
vitiferous
vɪˈtɪfərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORTIFEROUS

mortgager
mortgagor
mortice
mortice lock
morticer
mortician
mortiferousness
mortific
mortification
mortified
mortifier
mortifies
mortify
mortifying
mortifyingly
Mortimer
mortise
mortise and tenon joint
mortise lock
mortiser

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORTIFEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
dangerous
generous
humorous
lecherous
murderous
noncancerous
numerous
obstreperous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of mortiferous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mortiferous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORTIFEROUS

Find out the translation of mortiferous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mortiferous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mortiferous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mortiferous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mortífera
570 millions of speakers

English

mortiferous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mortiferous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mortiferous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mortiferous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mortiferous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mortiferous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mortifère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kotor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mortiferous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mortiferous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mortiferous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dumadakan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mortiferous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मरणोत्तर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mortiferous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mortifera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mortiferous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mortiferous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mortiferous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mortiferous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mortiferous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mortiferous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mortiferous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mortiferous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORTIFEROUS»

The term «mortiferous» is used very little and occupies the 186.867 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORTIFEROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mortiferous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mortiferous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mortiferous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORTIFEROUS»

Discover the use of mortiferous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mortiferous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Antidote Against Popery: Or, The Principal Errors of the ...
If no sins be venial, but all mortiferous and damnable, and make us guilty of eternal death, then down falls merit by the worthiness of any works ; for to be guilty of death, and deserve eternal life, cannot stand together. 3. Purgatory is but a fable, ...
Nathanael Vincent, 1779
2
Morning exercises at Cripplegate [ed. by S. Annesley] St. ...
If no sins be venial, but all mortiferous and damnable, and make us guilty of eternal death, then down falls meritum ex condigno, "merit by the worthiness of any works." — For to be guilty of death, and to deserve eternal life, cannot stand ...
London St. Giles, Cripplegate, Samuel Annesley, James Nichols, 1845
3
The Morning-Exercice against Popery or the principal errors ...
Secondly,- If no Sins be Venial, but all mortiferous and damnable, and' 2, make us guilty of Eternal Death, then down falls merit ex condigner, Merit by the worthiness of any works •□> for to be guilty of death, and to dejerve eternal Life, cannot ...
‎1675
4
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
To give men no reft in their sins, till they awake from the lrthargick sleep, and raise from so dead, so mortiferous a state., Hammond. — These murmurings, like a mortiferous herb, are poisonous even in their, fust spring. Gev. of the Tongue. (i. ) ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
5
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...
MORTIFEROUS,. mdr-tif'f§r-fis. a. Fwd,. dead-. _,. tive. To MOTHER, mfirn'fir. v. n. To gather concretmn. MOTHER-OF-PEARL, mfirn'fir-6v-pert. s. A kind of coarse peail, the shell in which pearls are enerated. MOT ERHOOD, md'rn't'u'-hfid. s.
John Walker, 1825
6
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council During the ...
Can a system, whose influences are demoralising and mortiferous, be created, supported, and regulated by the legislators, remain wholly immaculate ? Permit me, Sir, to express the conviction, that if the alcoholic system were abolished, ...
Victoria. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1855
7
The Fair Evanthe: A Poem in Five Cantos, and Other Poems
The melancholy Sphinx here crouching sat, There reign'd on high Btjbastts' sacred Cat : The Asp mortiferous was worshipp'd here, — That dire embodiment of hate and fear, The Asp mortiferous, — that " adder deaf 5," The wise " familiar " of ...
John Peat, 1858
8
Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England: Studies ...
10— 11 The construction is mixed, confusing pat hi . . . sculon latan deadberende deofol . . .hi to dam gedwellan, pat . . ., 'that they must suffer the mortiferous devil to seduce them to this, that', with pat hi . . . sculon latan pat deadberende deofol ...
Michael Lapidge, Helmut Gneuss, 1985
9
The Art of Strip Photography: Making Still Images with a ...
Thus, we should not be surprised when Roland Barthes praised the sounds of the shutter: “In photography, they were the very thing to which my desire clings, their abrupt click breaking through the mortiferous layer of the pose” (Barthes, 1993: ...
Maarten Vanvolsem, 2011
10
Canonical States, Canonical Stages: Oedipus, Othering, and ...
mortiferous atmosphere to which Racine, Voltaire, and Barthes all respond.9 In the place of actual (represented) death we are given a world that, although beyond death, is nevertheless entirely inscribed within the space of an impossible loss, ...
Mitchell Greenberg, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORTIFEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mortiferous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Of Buhari's Friends and Fiends – By Remi Oyeyemi
They are mortiferous, murderous and malignant. They are very organized and have well oiled machines and tentacles across the country. «Osun Defender, Jul 15»
2
Doctors under the black flag of the Islamic State
... it is instituted for the benefit and welfare of the human race, and God imposed on physicians the oath not to compose mortiferous remedies.”. «BioEdge, Mar 15»
3
160 Years Later, Scientists Grow a GM Potato That Could Have …
... of "static electricity" or the smoke that billowed from railroad locomotives or the "mortiferous vapours" rising from underground volcanoes. «Smithsonian, Jan 14»
4
3D Clue Game adds a new dimension to a regular boardgame
This is what Hammacher has done, where all nine rooms of the mortiferous mansion have somewhat sunken in a stately wooden cabinet. «Coolest Gadgets, Nov 13»
5
Jose Aldo vs Frankie Edgar is UFC 156's 'Fight Of The Night' early …
Will Frankie Edgar succumb to Aldo's mortiferous attacks, or will Edgar be able to give Aldo more than he can handle, taking rounds or even a ... «MMAmania.com, Feb 13»
6
Why the 'Twilight' Obsession Rages On (and On)
It's not just a legend; these mysteriously mortiferous creatures really do exist, albeit in our book stores and movie theaters, but that is enough to ... «Highbrow Magazine, Jul 12»
7
Exit interview with Tarzan: 'The reality is that I hadn't even pooped yet!'
Information ~ mostly correct ( my failure? ). BUT, at the end, the word was NOT mortiferous...it was...MERDIVOROUS [( This word has the same ... «Examiner.com, May 12»
8
Puerto Rico Sun
Here, the artist chronicles her experience with the mortiferous illness in layered digital collages, things like X-ray films of her chest juxtaposed with alphanumeric ... «Artnet, Mar 12»
9
Blurred Vision
... and bombastic a metaphor to add anything of real value to the ongoing critique and analysis of this country's über-mortiferous foreign policy. «Truthdig, Jan 12»
10
Killing the Cat; Belling the cat, the Common Factor is the Cat.
The true fact behind this superstition is that, a cat on attack has the agility to execution with mortiferous consequences if extreme care is not ... «Modern Ghana, Feb 11»

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