gravebound

English

Etymology

From grave +‎ -bound.

Adjective

gravebound (not comparable)

1. Headed for the grave or death.
   • 1938, Elwyn Brooks White, The Fox of Peapack, and Other Poems, page 137:

     Half the populace are idle, / Half are busy in a room; / All are gravebound from the cradle, / All are hotfoot for their doom.