mortiferousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /mɔːˈtɪfəɹəs/
• 韻: -ɪfəɹəs

形容詞

mortiferous (comparative more mortiferous, superlative most mortiferous)

1. (now rare) Causing spiritual death. [from 16th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 140:

     Breton recruits were notorious for suffering from la nostalgie – a mortiferous form of homesickness.

2. Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal. [from 16th c.]