mörderisch

German

Etymology

Mörder + -isch, since the 15th century. Compare also Middle High German mordisch, mördisch.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mörderisch (strong nominative masculine singular mörderischer, comparative mörderischer, superlative am mörderischsten)

  1. murderous [15th c.][1]
    Synonym: bestialisch
  2. (by extension, informal) Negatively connotated intensifier. [19th c.][1]
    Synonyms: schrecklich, fürchterlich, furchtbar, unglaublich

Declension

References

  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “mörderisch”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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