MORIBUNDLY

Etymology

Adverb

moribundly (not comparable)

In a moribund way.

Source: Wiktionary


MORIBUND

Mor"i*bund, a. Etym: [L. moribundus, from moriri to die. See Mortal.]

Definition: In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. The patient was comatose and moribund. Copland.

Mor"i*bund, n.

Definition: A dying person. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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