- lethiferous
- Causing death
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lethiferous
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Lethiferous — Le*thif er*ous (l[ e]*th[i^]f [ e]r*[u^]s), a. [L. lethifer, letifer, fr. lethum, letum, death + ferre to bear, to bring: cf. F. l[ e]thif[ e]re.] Deadly; bringing death or destruction. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lethiferous — index deadly, fatal, insalubrious, lethal, pestilent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lethiferous — adjective Etymology: Latin lethifer, letifer lethiferous (from letum death + fer ferous) + English ous more at lethal archaic : lethal … Useful english dictionary
lethiferous — /li thif euhr euhs/, adj. Archaic. lethal. [1645 55; < L letifer (leti , comb. form of letum death (see LETHAL) + fer bearing) + OUS; see FEROUS] * * * … Universalium
lethiferous — causing death; carrying or bearing death Bearing and Carrying … Phrontistery dictionary
lethiferous — le·thif·er·ous … English syllables
fatal — fa·tal adj 1: causing failure of a legal claim or cause of action a fatal defect in the proceedings W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel 2: making something (as a contract) invalid or unenforceable there is a fatal indefiniteness with the result that… … Law dictionary
deadly — dead·ly adj dead·li·er, est: likely to cause or capable of causing death; also: dangerous (2) ◇ Deadly and dangerous are sometimes used interchangeably, esp. in connection with weapons or instruments. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
insalubrious — I adjective baleful, baneful, calamitous, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disastrous, fraught with danger, gravis, harmful, hazardous, hurtful, injurious, insalubris, lethal, lethiferous, malefic,… … Law dictionary
lethal — I adjective annihilative, baleful, baneful, dangerous, deadly, death bringing, death dealing, deathly, destructive, evil, exitialis, fatal, fell, feral, funestus, harmful, hurtful, injurious, internecine, internecive, killing, lethiferous,… … Law dictionary
