MORTAL


Meaning of MORTAL in English

I. ˈmȯr-t ə l adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mortel, mortal, from Latin mortalis, from mort-, mors death — more at murder

Date: 14th century

1. : causing or having caused death : fatal

a mortal injury

2.

a. : subject to death

mortal man

b. : possible , conceivable

have done every mortal thing

c. : deadly 3

waited three mortal hours

3. : marked by unrelenting hostility

a mortal enemy

4. : marked by great intensity or severity

mortal fear

5. : human

mortal limits

6. : of, relating to, or connected with death

mortal agony

Synonyms: see deadly

II. adverb

Date: 15th century

chiefly dialect : mortally

III. noun

Date: 1567

: a human being

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.