morbific
/mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/US/mɔɹˈbɪf.ɪk/
morbific adjective: that causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
Adjective
morbific (comparative more morbific, superlative most morbific)
- That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
- He accepted that the body was a machine, mathematically understandable, but disease was the effort by nature or the soul to expel morbific matter, and physiology was the science of that struggle.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 240
- Pertaining to or caused by disease; diseased.
morbific meaning in Tamil
morbific in Tamil
- நோய்க்குக் காரணமாகின்ற, நோய் தூண்டுகின்ற
Forms of morbific
| comparative | more morbific |
|---|---|
| superlative | most morbific |
| alternative form | morbifick |
Origin of morbific
From Middle French morbifique, or its source, post-classical morbificus, from Latin morbus (“sickness”).
Words formed from morbific
Words that rhyme with morbific
- specific
- prolific
- calorific
- colorific
- hieroglyphic
- honorific
- scientific
- terrific
- -ific
- biospecific
- calcific
- dolorific
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- febrific
- interspecific
- organific
- pacific
- signific
- soporific
- sudorific
- triglyphic
- trispecific
- unterrific
- vaporific
- acidific
- algific
- allospecific
- anaglyphic
- anticalcific
- antiprolific
- aspecific
- aurific
- bioscientific
- bispecific
- carbonific
- chylific
- classific
- coelanaglyphic
- conspecific
- cornific
- cospecific
- crapperific
- damnific
- deific
- diaglyphic
- ditriglyphic
- frigorific
- geoglyphic
- grandific
- hipsterific
- horrific
- humilific
- inspecific
- lactific
- lapidific
- lithoglyphic
- lucific
- lucrific
- mirific
- nanospecific
- omnific
Questions about morbific
- What does morbific mean?
- Morbific means that causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
- What is morbific in Tamil?
- Morbific in Tamil is நோய்க்குக் காரணமாகின்ற, நோய் தூண்டுகின்ற. See Morbific meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is morbific?
- Morbific is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce morbific?
- Morbific is pronounced /mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near morbific in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: morbific (page history and authors); morbific (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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