obituary

Inflections of 'obituary' (n): npl: obituaries

o•bit•u•ar•y n. [countable], pl. -ar•ies.

a written notice of the death of a person, as in a newspaper, often with a biographical sketch.

o•bit•u•ar•y n., pl. -ar•ies, adj.
n.

a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.

adj.

of, pertaining to, or recording a death or deaths:the obituary page of a newspaper.

Medieval Latin obituārius, equivalent. to Latin obitu(s) death (see obit) + -ārius -ary
1700–10

o•bit′u•ar•ist, n.

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obituary /əˈbɪtjʊərɪ/ n ( pl -aries)

a published announcement of a death, often accompanied by a short biography of the dead person

Etymology: 18th Century: from Medieval Latin obituārius, from Latin obīre to fall, from ob- down + īre to gooˈbituarist n

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