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deathbound

adj

Etymology

From death + bound (“tied; connected”).

  1. derived from bombus — “a humming or buzzing”
  2. derived from bombitō — “hum, buzz”
  3. derived from bondir — “leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”
  4. inherited from *bounden✻
  5. compounded as deathbound — “death + bound”

Definitions

  1. Bound by death

    Bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal

    • Not long ago, as eternity flows, most of humanity felt earthbound, sin-bound, limitation-bound, deathbound, fear-bound, and guilt-bound.

  2. Fated or destined to die.

    • That the human spirit is mortal, deathbound, that death does not befall our existence by accident or as a catastrophe, but that our existence, of its own nature, projects itself, with all its forces, unto its death — […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA