mortificadj.

Brit.

/mɔːˈtɪfɪk/, U.S.

/mɔrˈtɪfɪk/

Forms: 1600s mortifick, 1800s– mortific.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mortificus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mortificus (4th–5th cent.) < classical Latin mort- , mors death (see mort n.¹) + -ficus -fic suffix. Compare Middle French mortifique (16th cent.). Compare earlier mortificative adj., and also morbific adj.

Now rare (chiefly archaic).

That causes death; deadly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective]

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

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋100 Mortifick distempers and maladies.

1808 Sporting Mag. 32 195 With such rapidity did the mortific matter attack his system, that he became a corpse.

1869 N. Amer. Rev. 109 5 The lungs, the liver..are..exposed to mortific agencies in the earth or atmosphere.

1907 Mem. Amer. Anthropol. Assoc. 1 269 The male constitution is intrinsically weaker, less hardy, and more susceptible to morbific and mortific influences..than the female.

1987 Times 5 Aug. 10/7 The mortific properties of mirth do not concern us here.

1991 B. Bandele-Thomas Man who came in from Back of Beyond (1992) i. 6 A snake, a machiji,..poised to send its mortific venom shooting into her Bomboy's innocent veins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mortific
释义	mortificadj. Brit. /mɔːˈtɪfɪk/, U.S. /mɔrˈtɪfɪk/ Forms: 1600s mortifick, 1800s– mortific. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mortificus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mortificus (4th–5th cent.) < classical Latin mort- , mors death (see mort n.¹) + -ficus -fic suffix. Compare Middle French mortifique (16th cent.). Compare earlier mortificative adj., and also morbific adj. Now rare (chiefly archaic). That causes death; deadly. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective] 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 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋100 Mortifick distempers and maladies. 1808 Sporting Mag. 32 195 With such rapidity did the mortific matter attack his system, that he became a corpse. 1869 N. Amer. Rev. 109 5 The lungs, the liver..are..exposed to mortific agencies in the earth or atmosphere. 1907 Mem. Amer. Anthropol. Assoc. 1 269 The male constitution is intrinsically weaker, less hardy, and more susceptible to morbific and mortific influences..than the female. 1987 Times 5 Aug. 10/7 The mortific properties of mirth do not concern us here. 1991 B. Bandele-Thomas Man who came in from Back of Beyond (1992) i. 6 A snake, a machiji,..poised to send its mortific venom shooting into her Bomboy's innocent veins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1651
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