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Word: Obituary
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century: from medieval Latin obituarius, from Latin obitus ‘death’, from obit- ‘perished’, from the verb obire
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈbɪtʃʊəri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person
Short Definition:notice of death
Examples:- his obituary of Samuel Beckett
- an obituary notice
- it is premature to write the obituary of British science
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