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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : mawr-tl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr tl



Definition of mortal

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "deadly," also "doomed to die," from Old French mortel "destined to die; deserving of death," from Latin mortalis "subject to death, mortal, of a mortal, human," from mors (genitive mortis) "death," from PIE base *mer- "to die," with derivatives referring to death and human beings" (cf. Sanskrit mrtih "death," martah "mortal man;" Avestan miryeite "dies," Old Persian martiya- "man;" Armenian meranim "die;" Latin mori "to die;" Lithuanian mirtis "mortal man;" Greek brotos "mortal" (hence ambrotos "immortal"); Old Church Slavonic mrutvu "dead;" Old Irish marb, Welsh marw "died;" Old English morþ "murder"). The most widespread Indo-European root for "to die," forming the common word for it except in Greek and Germanic. Watkins says it is "possibly" the same as PIE *mer- "rub, pound, wear away" (see morbid).
  • adj deadly
  • adj human
  • noun human being
Example sentences :
  • They were fabled as seven sisters, and one lost her place in the sky by marrying a mortal.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Yet he knew that he was not fatally injured if he could stop that mortal drain of his wounds.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • If it be drinkable by any manner of mortal, I must moisten my throat with it.
  • Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • There's no good to mortal creature i' the bones or blood of her!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Alas, the vanity of mortal projects, even when they centre in the grave!
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It would have been more than mortal not to take offense at that.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Antaeus could not endure to have it said that any mortal was half so mighty as himself.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Neither did the mortal envelope of the late Mr Verloc reposing on the sofa.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • A man is at once material and immaterial, mortal and immortal.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It was soon perceived, upon examination, that the wound was mortal.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

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