lethiferous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lethifer, letifer, from lethum, letum (“death”) + ferre (“to bear, to bring”). Compare French léthifère.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

lethiferous (comparative more lethiferous, superlative most lethiferous)

1. (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"

• Russian: смертоно́сный (ru) (smertonósnyj)
• Slovak: smrtonosný (literary, slightly obsolete)

References

• “lethiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “lethiferous”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.