deathy

English

Adjective

deathy (comparative more deathy, superlative most deathy)

1. (obsolete) Relating to death.
   • 1829, Robert Southey, A Tale of Paraguay, Canto IV, XXXVIII, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 569,

     The sunny hue that tinged her cheek was gone, / A deathy paleness settled in its stead;

   • 1836, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker: Or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville, First Series, 1840, page 83,

     The deathy stillness of a town, and the barred windows, and shut shops, and empty streets, and great long lines of big brick buildins,^[sic] look melancholy.

   • 1837, Mr. Proctor, Case of a Cow Destroyed by Three Pints of Vinegar, The Farmer's Magazine, Volume 6: January—June, page 12,

     Ears and extremities deathy cold throughout; appetite gone.

2. Common misspelling of deathly.