Death-bearing
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive
"A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief. Meanwhile wives and even gray mothers — one on one side of the raised altar, the other on the other — lament, praying for protection from the deadly misfortunes."
Example
More examples"A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief. Meanwhile wives and even gray mothers — one on one side of the raised altar, the other on the other — lament, praying for protection from the deadly misfortunes."
Etymology
From death + bearing. Compare Old English dēaþbǣre, cwealmbǣre (literally “death-bearing”).
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