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lethiferous, a.|liːˈθɪfərəs|
Also letiferous.
[f. L. lēt(h)ifer, f. lēt(h)um death: see -ferous.]
That causes or results in death, deadly.
1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋85 Lethiferous poisons. 1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 29 There is none..that bears so lethiferous and poisonous fruit, as the Tree of the knowledge of the good and evil. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 794 Convulsion and other lethiferous accidents. 1830Lytton P. Clifford iii, As we murder bishops, so is there another class of persons whom we only afflict with letiferous diseases. 1866Rose Ovid's Met. vii. 561 Pending lethiferous blasts by Auster shed.
Hence † leˈthiferousness. rare—0.
1727Bailey vol. II, Lethiferousness, Death bringing Quality. |