Main Entry: ¹mor·tal

Pronunciation: \ˈmȯr-t^əl\

Function: 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