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fatiferous

fatiferous adjective: fate-bringing; deadly; destructive.

Adjective

fatiferous (comparative more fatiferous, superlative most fatiferous)

  1. (formal, obsolete) Fate-bringing; deadly; destructive.

Forms of fatiferous

comparativemore fatiferous
superlativemost fatiferous

Origin of fatiferous

From Latin fatifer, from fatum (“fate”) + ferre (“to bear, bring”).

Words that rhyme with fatiferous

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Questions about fatiferous

What does fatiferous mean?
Fatiferous means fate-bringing; deadly; destructive.
What part of speech is fatiferous?
Fatiferous is an adjective.

Words near fatiferous in the dictionary

  1. Faths
  2. Fatick
  3. fatidic
  4. fatidical
  5. fatidically
  6. fatiferous
  7. fatig'd
  8. fatigabilities
  9. fatigability
  10. fatigable
  11. fatigableness

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