deader.
One who is deceased, or will shortly become so.
Meaning & usage
One who is deceased, or will shortly become so.
I could tell he was a deader by the way his eyes were glazed over; there was no life left in those eyes.
Where this word comes from
From dead + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
comparative form of dead: more dead; or at least more evidently dead.
He was deader than a dead dog's bone buried down a blind alley off a dead-end street in a ghost town. Man, he was dead.
Where this word comes from
From dead + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
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