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murderous

/ˈmɜːdəəs/MUR-dur-uhs
/ˈmɝdɚəs/MUR-dur-uhs

Meaningfull of murder

Common meaning: wanting or able to kill

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishmorðor‘murder’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmorthresource
  3. Middle Englishmordresource
  4. Englishmurder‘the unlawful killing of a person’
  5. Englishformed in English from murdermurderous‘wanting or able to kill’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from murder + -ous.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MURDER, p.383 · scan

Source words

  • morðor Old English · source word “deadly crime”

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