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mortiferous

/mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-tif-er-ous
IPA
/mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing spiritual death.

Archaic

adj

Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin mortifer + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more mortiferous (comparative) most mortiferous (superlative)

Derived Forms

mortiferously mortiferousness

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

How do you pronounce mortiferous?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/.
What does mortiferous mean?
Causing spiritual death.
Where does mortiferous come from?
From Latin mortifer + -ous.

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