lethiferaladj.
/liːˈθɪfərəl/ rare.
Causing death, fatal. In quot. 1848 figurative.
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deadlyc893
deathlyOE
deathfula1250
mortalc1390
capitalc1426
exitialc1475
fey1488
mortuala1500
perishinga1500
fatal?1518
ferial1528
mortiferousa1538
deadc1540
exitious?1545
deathlike1548
mortifying1555
starvingc1600
lethal1604
speedingc1604
vital1612
irrecoverable1614
feral1621
lethiferous1651
mortific1651
mortifical1657
daggering1694
exitiose1727
fateful1764
kill-devil1831
unsurvivable1839
lethiferal1848
tachythanatous1860
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. Introd. I have noted two hundred and three several interpretations, each lethiferal to all the rest.
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adj.1848