obituary

Definitions


[əˈbɪtʃʊəri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person
(e.g: his obituary of Samuel Beckett)


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Origin:
early 18th century: from medieval Latin obituarius, from Latin obitus ‘death’, from obit- ‘perished’, from the verb obire




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