obit

[ oh-bit oh-bit, ob-it especially British ob-it ]

noun

1. Informal. an obituary.
2. the date of a person's death.
3. Obsolete. a Requiem Mass.

obit

/ ˈɒbɪt; ˈəʊbɪt /

noun

1. short for obituary
2. a memorial service

Word History and Origins

Origin of obit¹

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

Example Sentences

By mid-April, she had collected 150, which she started posting as tweet-length obits to her personal Twitter account.

From MIT Technology Review

Marilyn Johnson has written fascinating books about obit writers and librarians.

From The Daily Beast

“An artist, a bohemian, lover of music, men, food, clothing, travel, politics, and peace,” the obit in a local paper said of her.

From The Daily Beast

Would a male scientist have drawn such an obit opening about his great fatherhood skills?

From The Daily Beast

To write his obit would be to admit that he was going to die, and who wanted to admit such a thing?

From The Daily Beast

Nothing against her, but I kinda can't believe that Donna Summer's obit made A1 of the Times.

From The Daily Beast

She mentioned also that you were entering into a post obit transaction.

From Project Gutenberg

According to the obit-book of the cathedral of Aberdeen, he died on the 13th of March 1395.

From Project Gutenberg

She hoped he had put in all the details that the Journal Style booklet had said were necessary for the well-written obit.

From Project Gutenberg

At every months mind, years mind, or obit, the curate has 8d.

From Project Gutenberg

That's what they call giving a post-obit; and a bad thing it is, as Pierce found.

From Project Gutenberg

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