What does "deletery" mean?
Deletery: Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] "Deletery medicines." Hudibras.
Additional senses
- 2.That which destroys. [Obs.] They [the Scriptures] are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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