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Added 9 October 2026

mortal

/ˈmɔː.təl/ noun

In Latin: mortālis Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mortal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A human being.
there was too much for one person to do

adjective

Subject to death.
mortal beings
Involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death.
the seven deadly sins
Unrelenting and deadly.
mortal enemy

Origin

From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). In this sense, displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ.

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