moribund

[eberntson]

moribund

mor·i·bund [ máwrə bùnd ]
adjective

Definition:
1. obsolescent: in the process of becoming obsolete
2. dying: nearly dead
3. (archaic) A person who is near to dying.

[Early 18th century. < Latin moribundus< mori "die"]

mor·i·bun·di·ty [ màwrə búndətee ] noun

Just thought I would be morbid today.

[Cacasenno]

moribund

mor·i·bund [ máwrə bùnd ]
adjective

Definition:
1. obsolescent: in the process of becoming obsolete
2. dying: nearly dead
3. (archaic) A person who is near to dying.

[Early 18th century. < Latin moribundus< mori "die"]

mor·i·bun·di·ty [ màwrə búndətee ] noun

i]Just thought I would be morbid today.[/i]

I can hardly see a difference between 2. & 3.. Maybe I am obsolete and/or moribund

(just to to keep up with the morbid line)

Memento mori
Memento homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris

[Perry]

3 is really a noun IMHO.

[Slava]

An excellent word that we need to see treated here.

I agree with Perry, #3 is a noun.

I also often think of this word in a slightly different sense when I come across the names of some of the previously active posters on this board. They are moribund, in the sense of stagnant, essentially "dead" here. Would that we could revive them.