dead-and-alive vs sainted

dead-and-alive

adj
  • Synonym of dead-alive 

sainted

adj
  • Used to mark a beloved person mentioned in conversation as being deceased. 

  • Pious, saintly. 

  • Much admired. 

  • Made a saint; saint-like, reverenced. 

How often have the words dead-and-alive and sainted occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )