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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?.??l/
• Rhymes: -i???l

Etymology 1

From Latin l?t?lis (“mortal, deadly”), improperly written l?th?lis, from l?tum (“death”), improperly written as l?thum, as associated with Ancient Greek ???? (l?th?, “forgetfulness”).

Adjective

lethal (comparative more lethal, superlative most lethal)

1. Deadly; mortal; fatal.

Related terms

• lethality
• semilethal

Translations

Noun

lethal (plural lethals)

1. Any weapon that causes death.

   Antonym: non-lethal

2. (genetics) An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.

Noun

lethal (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.

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Further reading

• lethal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lethal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-Germanic *leþr? (“leather”), borrowing from Proto-Celtic *?litro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?tro-. Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?ð?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?ð?/
• Rhymes: -?ð?(?)

Noun

leather (countable and uncountable, plural leathers)

1. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
2. A piece of the above used for polishing.
3. (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
4. (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
5. (baseball) A good defensive play

   Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.

6. (boxing) A punch.
7. (dated, humorous) The skin.

Hyponyms

(types of leather): chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskin, taw

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Adjective

leather (not comparable)

1. Made of leather.
2. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.

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Verb

leather (third-person singular simple present leathers, present participle leathering, simple past and past participle leathered)

1. (transitive) To cover with leather.
2. (transitive) To strike forcefully.

   He leathered the ball all the way down the street.

3. (transitive) To beat with a leather belt or strap.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Tar Heel, Tarheel, haltere, lethera