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living deaths

living deaths is the plural of living death.

Meaning of living death

Noun

living death (usually uncountable, plural living deaths)

  1. (idiomatic, usually) A condition of suffering, solitude, or impairment so extreme as to deprive one's existence of all happiness and meaning.
    • La[dy Anne]. Neuer hung poiſon on a fouler toade,
      Out of my ſight thou doeſt infect my eies.
      Glo[ucester]. Thine eies ſweete Lady haue infected mine.
      La[dy Anne]. Would they were baſiliſkes to ſtrike thee dead.
      Glo[ucester]. I would they were that I might die at once,
      For now they kill me with a...c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC...

Questions about living deaths

What is living deaths the plural of?
Living deaths is the plural of living death.

Words near living deaths in the dictionary

  1. living constitution
  2. living constitutions
  3. living dangerously
  4. living dead
  5. living death
  6. living deaths
  7. living diaper
  8. living diapers
  9. living donation
  10. living donor
  11. living down

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