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lethiferous

lethiferous adjective: deadly, lethal.

Adjective

lethiferous (comparative more lethiferous, superlative most lethiferous)

  1. (obsolete) Deadly, lethal.
    • 1658, John Robinson, Eudoxa, p. 151 - Those that are really lethiferous are but excrescencies of sin

lethiferous meaning in Bengali

lethiferous in Bengali

মারাত্মক, প্রাণঘাতী

Forms of lethiferous

comparativemore lethiferous
superlativemost lethiferous

Origin of lethiferous

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

Words that rhyme with lethiferous

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Questions about lethiferous

What does lethiferous mean?
Lethiferous means deadly, lethal.
What is lethiferous in Bengali?
Lethiferous in Bengali is মারাত্মক, প্রাণঘাতী. See Lethiferous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is lethiferous?
Lethiferous is an adjective.

Words near lethiferous in the dictionary

  1. lether
  2. lethera
  3. Letherby
  4. lethes
  5. lethetic
  6. lethiferous
  7. lething
  8. letholexia
  9. lethologica
  10. lethrinid
  11. lethrinids

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