Adjective

(en adjective)

Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.

* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :

I was in mortal fear lest the captain should repent of his confessions and make an end of me.

Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.11:

Blyndfold he was; and in his cruell fist / A mortall bow and arrowes keene did hold […].

Fatally vulnerable; vital.

* Milton

Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work.

Of or relating to the time of death.

* Alexander Pope

Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, / Or in the natal or the mortal hour.

Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

* Dryden

The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright.

* mortal enemy

Human; belonging to man, who is mortal.

mortal''' wit or knowledge; '''mortal power

* Milton

The voice of God / To mortal ear is dreadful.

Very painful or tedious; wearisome.

a sermon lasting two mortal hours

(Sir Walter Scott)

(UK, slang) Very drunk; wasted; smashed.

Let's go out and get mortal !

Adjective

(er)

Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

* Shakespeare

a poor, infirm, weak , and despised old man

* Dryden

weak with hunger, mad with love

Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.

a weak''' timber; a '''weak rope

Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.

weak''' resolutions; '''weak virtue

* Joseph Addison, The Fair Petinent Act I, scene I:

Guard thy heart / On this weak side, where most our nature fails.

Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.

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(grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:

# (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.

# (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.

# (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.

(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.

(slang) Bad or uncool.

(mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a statement which implies it.)

Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.

* Milton

If evil thence ensue, / She first his weak indulgence will accuse.

Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.

The prosecution advanced a weak case.

* Milton

convinced of his weak arguing

Lacking in vigour or expression.

a weak''' sentence; a '''weak style

Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

* Shakespeare

weak prayers

(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.

a weak market