death-in-life
/dɛθɪnˈlʌɪf/Chiefly literary
noun
A life that lacks any satisfaction or purpose; a living death.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Timothy Kendall (fl. 1572–1577), translator and poet. From death + in + life.
- intestinally
- intestine
- intestines
- in that
- in that case
- in that event
- in the abstract
- in the act of
- in the affirmative
- in (the) aggregate
- in the air
- in the altogether
- in the ascendant
- in the bag
- in the balance
- in the belief that
- in the blink of an eye (or in a blink)
- in the box seat
- in the buff
- in the business of
- in the cactus
- in the can
- in the cart
- in the catbird seat
- in the cause of