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uˌɛr noun
1.
a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or recording a death or deaths: the obituary page of a newspaper.
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| —n , pl -aries | |
| a published announcement of a death, often accompanied by a short biography of the dead person | |
| [C18: from Medieval Latin obituārius, from Latin obīre to fall, from ob- down + īre to go] | |
| o'bituarist | |
| —n | |
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Obituary
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Word Origin & History
obituary
1706, "register of deaths," from M.L. obituarius "a record of the death of a person," lit. "pertaining to death," from L. obitus "departure, a going to meet, encounter" (a euphemism for "death"), from stem of obire "go to meet" (as in mortem obire "meet death"), from ob "to, toward" + ire "go." Meaning
"record or announcement of a death, esp. in a newspaper, and including a brief biographical sketch" is from 1738. A similar euphemism is in O.E. cognate forðfaran "to die," lit. "to go forth."
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Example sentences
Read an historical obituary or a celebrity obituary.
By the time this obituary appears he will have gone under the knife again, this time for an autopsy.
But it may be too early to write the industry's obituary.
Similarly, it was clear that the public option was dead long before its obituary ran.
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