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Deader

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of dead: more dead; or at least more evidently dead. colloquial, comparative, figuratively, form-of, humorous

    "He was deader than a dead dog's bone buried down a blind alley off a dead-end street in a ghost town. Man, he was dead."

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is deceased, or will shortly become so. colloquial, humorous

    "I could tell he was a deader by the way his eyes were glazed over; there was no life left in those eyes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dead + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

Etymology 2

From dead + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

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