English Explanatory Dictionary

deader

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. comparative form of dead: more dead; or at least more evidently dead.
noun
  1. One who is deceased, or will shortly become so.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-deader.wav

Word forms

deader deaders

Etymology

From dead + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

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