English Explanatory Dictionary

lethiferous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Deadly, lethal.

Word forms

lethiferous more lethiferous most lethiferous

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lethifer, letifer, from lethum, letum (“death”) + ferre (“to bear, to bring”). Compare French léthifère.

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