OBITUARY


Meaning of OBITUARY in English

I. -chəˌwerē, -chər-, -ri noun

( -es )

Etymology: Medieval Latin obituarium, from Latin obitus death + -arium

1.

a. : a record or notice of a person's death

b. : a usually short account of the significant aspects and accomplishments of a person's life published (as in a newspaper) upon the person's death

2. : something suggesting an obituary in signaling or seeming to signal the end or death of an enterprise or plan

II. adjective

: of, relating to, or recording the death of a person or persons

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