Definition of mortal
- a. - Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
- a. - Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death;
terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal
wound; a mortal sin.
- a. - Fatally vulnerable; vital.
- a. - Of or pertaining to the time of death.
- a. - Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
- a. - Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or
knowledge; mortal power.
- a. - Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting
two mortal hours.
- n. - A being subject to death; a human being; man.