lethalityn.

Brit.

/liːˈθalᵻti/, U.S.

/liˈθælədi/

Etymology: < lethal adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French léthalité.

The condition or quality of being lethal; ability to cause death; deadliness; plural (? nonce-use) lethal agencies. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] > lethal quality

mortality?a1439

deadlinessc1450

mortalness1638

lethality1656

mortiferousness1856

the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun]

deathOE

stroke1340

feydom1823

lethality1890

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lethality, mortality, frailty.

1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 104 The certain Punishment being preferable to the doubtful Lethality of the Fetish.

1890 Sat. Rev. 22 Nov. 595/1 Why a person surnamed ‘Deathless’..should have succumbed to such commonplace lethalities as a horse's hoof and Prince Ivan's club we know not.

1912 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 202 2 The lethality of the venom was determined for frogs, rabbits,..and pigeons.

1930 G. Blake Press & Public 20 Mr. Baldwin..has lately discovered for himself the dread lethality of the powers I have described.

1953 Sci. News 28 18 Myxomatosis in the European rabbits is unique in its very high lethality.

1957 Times 26 Apr. Our early missiles will carry high-explosive warheads. Their lethality will be high.

1958 ‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 81 The radioactive cloud..would retain its lethality for hundreds of years.

1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxviii. 125 Significant strides have been made in the past two decades on the lethality of conventional and nuclear warheads.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lethality
释义	lethalityn. Brit. /liːˈθalᵻti/, U.S. /liˈθælədi/ Etymology: < lethal adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French léthalité. The condition or quality of being lethal; ability to cause death; deadliness; plural (? nonce-use) lethal agencies. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] > lethal quality mortality?a1439 deadlinessc1450 mortalness1638 lethality1656 mortiferousness1856 the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] deathOE stroke1340 feydom1823 lethality1890 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lethality, mortality, frailty. 1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 104 The certain Punishment being preferable to the doubtful Lethality of the Fetish. 1890 Sat. Rev. 22 Nov. 595/1 Why a person surnamed ‘Deathless’..should have succumbed to such commonplace lethalities as a horse's hoof and Prince Ivan's club we know not. 1912 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 202 2 The lethality of the venom was determined for frogs, rabbits,..and pigeons. 1930 G. Blake Press & Public 20 Mr. Baldwin..has lately discovered for himself the dread lethality of the powers I have described. 1953 Sci. News 28 18 Myxomatosis in the European rabbits is unique in its very high lethality. 1957 Times 26 Apr. Our early missiles will carry high-explosive warheads. Their lethality will be high. 1958 ‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 81 The radioactive cloud..would retain its lethality for hundreds of years. 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxviii. 125 Significant strides have been made in the past two decades on the lethality of conventional and nuclear warheads. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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