mortal

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a human being
  2. adjective subject to death
  3. adjective involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death

Etymology

From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). In this sense, displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ.

In classic literature

Synonyms

person, individual, someone, somebody, soul

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