deathbound

English

Alternative forms

• death-bound

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

deathbound (comparative more deathbound, superlative most deathbound)

1. Bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal
   • 1985, Unity, volume 165:

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

Etymology 2

From death +‎ bound (“destined to”).

Adjective

deathbound (comparative more deathbound, superlative most deathbound)

1. Fated or destined to die.
   • 1989, Alphonso Lingis, Deathbound Subjectivity:

     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 — […]

Synonyms

• fey