[mor.tal] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L mortalis, fr. mort-, mors death--more at murder] (14c) 1: caus ing or having caused death: fatal "a ~ injury"
2. a: subject to death "~ man" b: possible, conceivable "have done every ~ thing" c: deadly 3 "waited three ~ hours"
3: marked by unrelenting hostility: implacable "a ~ enemy"
4: marked by great intensity or severity: extreme "~ fear" "a ~ shame"
5: human "~ limitations"
6: of, relating to, or connected with death "~ agony" syn see deadly
[2]mortal adv (15c) chiefly dial: mortally [3]mortal n (1567): a human being