DEATHFUL

Etymology

Adjective

deathful (comparative more deathful, superlative most deathful)

(archaic) Full of death or slaughter.

(archaic) Liable to undergo death.

Resembling death.

Source: Wiktionary


Death"ful, a.

1. Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody. These eyes behold The deathful scene. Pope.

2. Liable to undergo death; mortal. The deathless gods and deathful earth. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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