Mortal (band)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Causing or capable of causing death
"A fatal accident"
"A deadly enemy"
"Mortal combat"
"A mortal illness"
(2) Subject to death
"Mortal beings"
noun
(3) A human being
"There was too much for one person to do"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Latin mortalis, from mortis (mors) ‘death’, from Indo-European ‘die’ (the source of Ancient Greek βροτός ‘mortal’ (from an earlier form *μροτός), Old English morþ ‘murder’, Welsh marw ‘died’, Lithuanian mirtìs ‘mortal’).
Adjective
mortal
- Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- ... for I was in mortal fear lest the captain should repent of his confessions and make an end of me.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
Noun
- A human; someone susceptible to death.
- 1596: William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Lord what fools these mortals be!
- 1596: William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream