morbiferousadj.

Brit.

/mɔːˈbɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/mɔrˈbɪf(ə)rəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin morbifer , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin morbifer (5th cent. or earlier; < classical Latin morbus disease (see morbid adj.) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier morbific adj., morbifical adj.

Now rare.

= morbific adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective]

pestilenta1398

peccant1595

repeccating1598

diseaseful1605

morbifical1620

morbific1652

morbid1656

morbificous1657

diseasifying1662

morbiferous1718

nosopoetic1733

pathogenetic1830

morbiferal1848

pathogenic1850

pathopoeous1857

pathogenous1873

pathophoric1899

diseasing?1915

1718 J. Breval Play is Plot ii. i. 12 Is the Air as Morbiferous as ever amongst you Essexians?

1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 23 It may well be doubted, whether more sacrifices are not annually made to the injudicious administration of mercury, than to all the combined effects of the morbiferous poisons.

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 199 The action of it upon the body is very extensive and morbiferous.

1846 Commerc. Rev. South & West Oct. 229 It is because the body is neglected, and no means used to resist the morbiferous action of external agents, that it becomes diseased.

1908 E. Field Second Bk. Verse 160 But Time..breathed on them all his morbiferous taint.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morbiferous
释义	morbiferousadj. Brit. /mɔːˈbɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /mɔrˈbɪf(ə)rəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin morbifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin morbifer (5th cent. or earlier; < classical Latin morbus disease (see morbid adj.) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier morbific adj., morbifical adj. Now rare. = morbific adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] pestilenta1398 peccant1595 repeccating1598 diseaseful1605 morbifical1620 morbific1652 morbid1656 morbificous1657 diseasifying1662 morbiferous1718 nosopoetic1733 pathogenetic1830 morbiferal1848 pathogenic1850 pathopoeous1857 pathogenous1873 pathophoric1899 diseasing?1915 1718 J. Breval Play is Plot ii. i. 12 Is the Air as Morbiferous as ever amongst you Essexians? 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 23 It may well be doubted, whether more sacrifices are not annually made to the injudicious administration of mercury, than to all the combined effects of the morbiferous poisons. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 199 The action of it upon the body is very extensive and morbiferous. 1846 Commerc. Rev. South & West Oct. 229 It is because the body is neglected, and no means used to resist the morbiferous action of external agents, that it becomes diseased. 1908 E. Field Second Bk. Verse 160 But Time..breathed on them all his morbiferous taint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1718
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