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mor·i·bund    Audio Help   [mawr-uh-buhnd, mor-] Pronunciation Key
–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    Audio Help   (môr'ə-bŭnd', mŏr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Approaching death; about to die.
  2. 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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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moribund

adjective
1. not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn: stagnant] 
2. being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient" 

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mor·i·bund (môr-bnd)
n.

At the point of death; dying.
mori·bundi·ty (-bnd-t) n.

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

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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.
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Moribund

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