Definitions
A human being, especially one subject to death.
Word 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.
Used in a sentence
“Blyndfold he was; and in his cruell fist A mortall bow and arrowes keene did hold […]”
“into the plain Disgorged at length, the dead and the alive, In one dread mass, were parted, and the stain Of blood from mortal steel fell o’er the fields like rain.”
“Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Human subject to death”6 letters
02“Bound to die”6 letters
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