Obituary

Pronunciation

• RP

Origin

From Medieval Latin obituarius, from Latin obitus ("a going to a place, approach, usually a going down, setting (as of the sun), fall, ruin, death"), from obire ("to go or come to, usually go down, set, fall, perish, die"), from ob ("toward, to") + ire ("to go").

Full definition of obituary

Noun

1. A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
2. A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper.

Related terms

• obit
• obitual
• obituarist