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mortal: Meaning and Definition of
mor•tal
Pronunciation: (môr'tl), [key] — adj.
- subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- of or pertaining to human beings as subject to death; human: this mortal life.
- belonging to this world.
- deadly or implacable; relentless: a mortal enemy.
- severe, dire, grievous, or bitter: in mortal fear.
- causing or liable to cause death; fatal: a mortal wound.
- to the death: mortal combat.
- of or pertaining to death: the mortal hour.
- involving spiritual death (opposed to venial): mortal sin.
- long and wearisome.
- extreme; very great: in a mortal hurry.
- conceivable; possible: of no mortal value to the owners.
—n. - a human being.
- the condition of being subject to death.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.