obituary English · revision 894

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈbɪt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹi/, /əˈbɪt͡ʃɹi/ ''(UK)''; /əˈbɪt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/, /əˈbɪt͡ʃuˌɜɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|obituārius|t=(record) of death]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) perhaps through [[fr|obituaire]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU) from [[la|obitus|t=a going to meet; death]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''obīre'' “to go to meet”, as in ''mortem obīre'' “to meet death”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[af|la|ob|īre|t1=toward|t2=to go]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A register of deaths or of the days on which the dead were commemorated (1706).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Latin ''obitus'' “departure” was itself a euphemism for death, like Old English ''forþfaran'' “to go forth” and French ''trépasser'' “to pass beyond”.^(Etymonline) The sense “a record or announcement of a death, especially in a newspaper, with a brief account of the person's life” dates from 1738.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) As an adjective, “relating to a death”, it is recorded from 1828.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) It is often shortened to [[obit]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1706 – a register of deaths.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1738 – a published notice of a death.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1828 – adjective.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A published notice of a person's death, usually with a brief account of their life, as in a newspaper.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to or recording a death, as in ''the obituary page''.^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[obit]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exit]]

+ * [[transit]]

+ * [[necrology]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}