adj.
- (of a living creature) subject to death.
- causing or liable to cause death; fatal.
▸(of conflict or an enemy) admitting no reconciliation.
- (of a feeling, especially fear) very intense.
- informal conceivable or imaginable:
every mortal thing.
▸very great:
a mortal hurry.
- Christian Theology denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace. Often contrasted with venial.
n.
- a mortal being.
- humorous a person contrasted with those of higher status or ability.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr., or from L. mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.