mortal
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adjective
1. (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death:
死ぬべき運命の, 死を免れない(↔ immortal)
e.g. all men are mortal.
relating to humanity as subject to death:
｟文｠ 〖名詞の前で〗人間の(human); この世の
e.g. the coffin held the mortal remains of her uncle.
2. attributive causing or liable to cause death; fatal:
｟文｠ 〖名詞の前で〗命にかかわる, 致命的な〈打撃･傷･危険など〉(deadly, fatal)
e.g. a mortal disease
e.g. figurative : the scandal appeared to have struck a mortal blow to the government.
(of a battle) fought to the death:
｟かたく｠ 〖名詞の前で〗死ぬまで続く〈戦い･争い〉; 生かしてはおけない
e.g. from the outbuildings came the screams of men in mortal combat.
(of an enemy or a state of hostility) admitting or allowing no reconciliation until death.
(of a feeling, especially fear) very intense:
｟かたく｠ 〖名詞の前で〗極度の〈恐怖〉
e.g. parents live in mortal fear of children's diseases.
3. Christian Theology denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace. Often contrasted with venial.
4. informal conceivable or imaginable:
｟くだけて｠ 〖any, every, noなどを強調して〗どんな…も, ありとあらゆる
e.g. punishment out of all mortal proportion to the offense.
very great:
e.g. he was in a mortal hurry.
dated long and tedious:
｟くだけて･やや古｠ 〖名詞の前で〗ひどい, 死ぬほど退屈な
e.g. for three mortal days it rained.
noun
a human being subject to death, often contrasted with a divine being.
｟主に文｠ ; 〖通例～s〗 (神に対して)人, 人間(human being)
humorous a person contrasted with others regarded as being of higher status or ability:
｟しばしばおどけて｠ 〖形容詞を伴って〗人, やつ
e.g. an ambassador had to live in a style that was not expected of lesser mortals.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.