murdersomeadj.
/ˈməːdəs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmərdərs(ə)m/ In later use chiefly U.S.
Characterized by or given to murder; capable of killing; deadly, fatal. Also in extended use.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective]
wounding?c1225
marring1567
murdersome?1585
interficient1647
on spoil1750
mauling1778
lethal1942
?1585 W. C. Aduentures Ladie Egeria sig. J2v But Pasifer after this murthersome conflict, returned safe to the Dukes presence.
1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 119 That dangerous and murthersome hearbe Cicuta.
1853 Harper's Mag. Aug. 418 If..there were less of real suffering from such murdersome work as the sun does, in the country than in the town.
a1895 E. Field Snakes in Poems (1922) 534 These murdersome snakes that Rowdy saw! Strange cries they uttered And poison they sputtered.
1942 B. Robertson Red Hills & Cotton i. 7 We are farmers, all Democrats and Baptists..a divorceless, Bible-reading murdersome lot of folks.
1994 Jewish Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 4 Aug. It is a common misinterpretation of the universal recipe for moral behavior, as understood by the murdersome Hatfields and McCoys.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.?1585