mortiferous

mortiferous
mortiferousness, n.
/mawr tif"euhr euhs/, adj.
deadly; fatal.
[1525-35; < L mortiferus death-bearing, equiv. to morti- (s. of mors) death + -ferus -FEROUS]

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