moribund

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mor⋅i⋅bund

[mawr-uh-buhnd, mor-]

–adjective

1.	in a dying state; near death.

2.	on the verge of extinction or termination.

3.	not progressing or advancing; stagnant: a moribund political party.

Origin:
1715–25; < L moribundus dying, equiv. to mori- (s. of morī to die) + -bundus adj. suffix

Related forms:

mor⋅i⋅bun⋅di⋅ty, noun

mor⋅i⋅bund⋅ly, adverb

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mor·i·bund (môr'ə-bŭnd', mŏr'-)

adj.

Approaching death; about to die.
On the verge of becoming obsolete: moribund customs; a moribund way of life.

[Latin moribundus, from morī, to die; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]
mor'i·bun'di·ty (-bŭn'dĭ-tē) n., mor'i·bund'ly adv.

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Moribund

Mor"i*bund\, a. [L. moribundus, from moriri to die. See Mortal.] In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.

The patient was comatose and moribund. --Copland.

Moribund

Mor"i*bund\, n. A dying person. [R.]

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moribund

1721, "about to die," from Fr. moribund (16c.), from L. moribundus "dying," from mori "to die" (see mortal). Fig. sense of "near an end" is from 1837.

Main Entry: mor·i·bund
Pronunciation: 'mor-&-(")b&nd, 'mär-
Function: adjective
: being in the state of dying : approaching death moribund patient deepening stupor and coma are the usual preludes to death —Norman Cameron>

moribund mor·i·bund (môr'ə-bŭnd')
n.
At the point of death; dying.

mor'i·bun'di·ty (-bŭn'dĭ-tē) n.

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