- déadlic
- adj 1. causing death, deadly, fatal, mortal, dire; 2. subject to death, mortal, perishable; 2a. subject to immediate death, about to die; 3. adv \déadliclíce mortally, so as to cause death
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
déadlic
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