obituary
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Etymology [edit]
From Medieval Latin obituarius, from Latin obitus (“a going to a place, approach, usually a going down, setting (as of the sun), fall, ruin, death”), from obire (“to go or come to, usually go down, set, fall, perish, die”), from ob (“toward, to”) + ire (“to go”).
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Noun [edit]
obituary (plural obituaries)
- A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
- A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper.
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Translations [edit]
brief notice of a person's death, as published in a newspaper
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biography of a recently deceased person
See also [edit]
- necrology (listing of people who have died during a specific period of time)
External links [edit]
- obituary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- obituary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- obituary at OneLook Dictionary Search
