Deathy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to death. archaic, poetic

    "1829, Robert Southey, A Tale of Paraguay, Canto IV, XXXVIII, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 569, The sunny hue that tinged her cheek was gone, / A deathy paleness settled in its stead;"

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"1829, Robert Southey, A Tale of Paraguay, Canto IV, XXXVIII, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 569, The sunny hue that tinged her cheek was gone, / A deathy paleness settled in its stead;"

Etymology

From death + -y.

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