lethiferous

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As we murder bishop, so is there another class of persons whom we only afflict with lethiferous diseases.

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  1. Deadly; bringing death or destruction. Those that are really lethiferous are but excrescencies of sin. J. Robinson, Eudoxa (1658), p. 151.

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  1. = French léthifère = Spanish letífero = Portuguese lethifero = Italian letifero, from Latin letifer, improperly spelled lethifer, deadly, from letum, death, + ferre = English bear.
 

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