obit
[ oh-bit for 1; oh-bit, ob-it for 2, 3; especially British ob-it for 1–3 ]
/ oʊˈbɪt for 1; ˈoʊ bɪt, ˈɒb ɪt for 2, 3; especially British ˈɒb ɪt for 1–3 /
noun
Informal. an obituary.
the date of a person's death.
Obsolete. a Requiem Mass.
RELATED WORDS
eulogy, burial, cremation, register, announcement, necrology, requiem, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture, planting, services, obsequies, exequies
Nearby words
- obfuscate,
- obfuscation,
- obi,
- obie,
- obiit,
- obiter,
- obiter dictum,
- obituary,
- obj.,
- object
Origin of obit
1325–75; Middle English obite < Latin obitus death, equivalent to obi- (stem of obīre to meet, meet one's death, die; ob- ob- + īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action
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obit
/ (ˈɒbɪt, ˈəʊbɪt) /
noun informal
short for obituary
a memorial service
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obit
late 14c., "death," from Middle French obit or directly from Latin obitus "death," noun use of past participle of obire "to die," literally "to go toward" (see obituary). In modern usage (since 1874) it is usually a clipped form of obituary, though it had the same meaning of "published death notice" 15c.-17c. The scholarly abbreviation ob. with date is from Latin obiit "(he) died," third person singular of obire.
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