Both Uses of
mortal
in
Howards End
- But his true fighting weight, his antecedents, his amours with other members of the commercial Pantheon—all these were as uncertain to ordinary mortals as were the escapades of Zeus.†
Part 16 *mortals = humans (especially merely humans) or people subject to death
- They are as angry as I am that you did not come too; really Tibby is too tiresome, he starts a new mortal disease every month.†
Part 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death
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(2)
(mortal as in: a mortal wound) causing death
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(3)
(mortal as in: felt mortal agony) extreme or intense