Definitions
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
Word origin
From Middle English dedly, dedlych, dedlich, from Old English dēadlīċ (adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *dauþalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dauþalīkaz (“deadly”, literally “deathly”). By surface analysis, dead + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian dodelk (“deadly”), West Frisian deadlik (“deadly”), Dutch dodelijk (“deadly”), German tödlich (“deadly”), Swedish dödlig (“deadly, fatal, mortal”), Icelandic dauðlegur (“mortal”).
Used in a sentence
“[…]he ſuffred hym ſelfe to be made mortall and dedly, that innocent & gyltles in hym ſelfe: he myght be ſlayne & deye for the gylty man.”
“❧ That when the iournay / of this dedly life / My ſely ghoſte / hath finiſhed and thence[…]”
“And next we find / Ourselves in Heaven. Even man's deadly life / Can be there, by God's leave.”
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01“Fatal”6 letters
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