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deathdays

deathdays is the plural of deathday.

Meaning of deathday

Noun

deathday (plural deathdays)

  1. The day of a person's death, especially when viewed as being appointed by fate.
    • The placing of the dragon is inevitable: a man can but die upon his death-day.1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 32
  2. The anniversary of a death, the date upon which someone died in a bygone year.
    • "Is it her deathday?" I asked. "Nope," he said.1996, Patrick O'Leary, Door Number Three, →ISBN, page 362

Questions about deathdays

What is deathdays the plural of?
Deathdays is the plural of deathday.

Words near deathdays in the dictionary

  1. deathcare
  2. deathcore
  3. deathdate
  4. deathdates
  5. deathday
  6. deathdays
  7. deathen
  8. deathened
  9. deathening
  10. deathens
  11. deather

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