moribund
nounEtymology From Latin moribundus (“dying”).
1
A person who is near to dying.
moribund
adjUK, US /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/
Etymology From Latin moribundus (“dying”).
1
Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
- These moribund shapes were free as air—and nearly as thin.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 206, column 2:
2
Figuratively Almost obsolete; nearing an end.
- Derived terms
- moribundity, moribundly, moribundness, unmoribund