mortal

English

/ˈmɔːtəl/

adj
Definitions
  • Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
  • Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
  • Punishable by death.
  • Fatally vulnerable.
  • Of or relating to the time of death.
  • Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
  • Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal.
  • Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
  • (UK) Very drunk; wasted; smashed.
  • (religion) Of a sin: involving the penalty of spiritual death, rather than merely venial.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mortal derived from Old French mortal derived from Latin mortālis root from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mer-

Gloss

die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy

Concept
Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

海

Emoji
🎲

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