All 9 Uses of
mortal
in
Dracula
- His fear was of great and terrible things, which no mortal can treat of.
p. 114.9mortal = human
- Never did I see such baffled malice on a face, and never, I trust, shall such ever be seen again by mortal eyes.
p. 226.7
- Their tally was exact with the list, and they had nothing to add to the simple description 'fifty cases of common earth', except that the boxes were 'main and mortal heavy', and that shifting them was dry work.
p. 242.1 *mortal = extremely
- This vampire which is amongst us is of himself so strong in person as twenty men, he is of cunning more than mortal, for his cunning be the growth of ages,
p. 252.7mortal = human
- He did not really care for any of the things of mere earth, he was in the clouds and looked down on all the weaknesses and wants of us poor mortals.
p. 286.4mortals = those who are merely human
- Look down on a poor soul in worse than mortal peril.
p. 307.5 *mortal = deadly (causing death)
- If he go through a doorway, he must open the door like a mortal.
p. 311.4 *mortal = human
- We each held ready to use our various armaments, the spiritual in the left hand, the mortal in the right.
p. 324.4mortal = lethal (causing death)
- "Because," he answered solemnly, "he can live for centuries, and you are but mortal woman."
p. 334.9mortal = human
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