moribundadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmɒrᵻbʌnd/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrəˌbənd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin moribundus.

Etymology: < classical Latin moribundus at the point of death, dying < morī to die (see morient adj.) + -bundus, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare French moribond (15th cent. in Middle French), Spanish moribundo (c1450), Italian moribondo (1342). Found in classical Latin in literal and (somewhat rarely) in figurative use, and as noun, and hence in all of these uses also in French, Italian, and Spanish.

A. adj.

1. That is at the point of death; in a dying state, close to death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying

deadlyc893

swelting?a1400

dyingc1450

at (the) utterance1525

in (the, his) extremes1551

parting1562

Acherontic1597

ending1600

departing1603

on one's last legs1614

expiring1635

mortifying1649

morient1679

upon one's last stretch1680

gasping1681

à la mort1700

moribund1721

outward-bound1809

terminal1854

on the brink of the grave1872

defunctive1929

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Moribund,..ready to die, in a dying Condition.

1826 Lancet 7 Oct. 31/2 13. Moribund. The friends immediately removed the body.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 801/1 The state of the respiration in a moribund person is extremely various.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 354 Cases..of persons apparently moribund who have been aroused by the inhalation of nitrite.

1886 E. L. Bynner Agnes Surriage xvi. 174 A tangle of brambles and moribund herbs.

1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 281 The pauses between wrestling with death for the body of a moribund laundress, or scheming for further mission-grants to resole a consumptive compositor's very consumptive boots.

1950 Sci. News 15 122 These measures have proved of great value except on the rare occasions when the infant was born dead or moribund.

1975 R. Graves Man does, Woman Is xvii. 58 ‘O per se O, O per se O!’, The moribund grammarian cried To certain scholars grouped at his bedside.

1988 in R. Dinnage One to One 31 The tidy bleak flat, the huge moribund houseplant, the empty fireplace.

2. In extended use: that is in a terminal decline; displaying such a lack of vigour or vitality that recovery appears impossible.

ΚΠ

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. viii. 85 The wail of a moribund world.

1865 Ld. Derby in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 177 22 One of just such a character as might naturally have been expected to be addressed by an aged Minister to a moribund Parliament.

1889 Spectator 9 Nov. 624/2 We all talk of the Turkish Empire as moribund.

1927 Amer. Speech 2 245/1 -ster also, for a time, gave signs of being moribund... It is, however, found in a number of new formations..prankster, [etc.].

1931 F. Reid Uncle Stephen xxv. 301 Coombe Bridge itself was nearly as deserted as the station. To Tom it seemed a moribund spot.

1948 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise (rev. ed.) p. ix I would have preferred to re-write the whole book..rather than be compelled only to revarnish it and send it forth into a stagnant world and a moribund society.

1999 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 5 Jan. 6/1 These institutions which were meant to absorb youths who do not get a chance to pursue secondary education, are to a very large extent moribund.

B. n.

†1. A dying person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > the dying

dier1570

percher1714

expirer1793

moribund1835

1835 C. Bowles Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 328 Another person was mortally wounded and his death hourly expected... Every day the moribund's door was besieged by crowds of anxious inquirers.

1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. iii. 102 There will be more lawyers than litigants, more medicos than moribunds.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xxvii. 277 ‘What's the odds?’ queried the persistent moribund wearily.

2. With plural agreement. With the. Moribund or dying people as a class. Now archaic.

ΚΠ

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 422 In the moribund a ‘terminal’ leucocytosis is frequently observed.

1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. iii. 58 We know no fuss or pain or lying Can stop the moribund from dying.

1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 10 I see the moribund that fall subject to phlegm or deliracy sacrifice a fortune to apothecaries puffed up with turgent titles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	moribund
释义	moribundadj.n. Brit. /ˈmɒrᵻbʌnd/, U.S. /ˈmɔrəˌbənd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin moribundus. Etymology: < classical Latin moribundus at the point of death, dying < morī to die (see morient adj.) + -bundus, suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare French moribond (15th cent. in Middle French), Spanish moribundo (c1450), Italian moribondo (1342). Found in classical Latin in literal and (somewhat rarely) in figurative use, and as noun, and hence in all of these uses also in French, Italian, and Spanish. A. adj. 1. That is at the point of death; in a dying state, close to death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying deadlyc893 swelting?a1400 dyingc1450 at (the) utterance1525 in (the, his) extremes1551 parting1562 Acherontic1597 ending1600 departing1603 on one's last legs1614 expiring1635 mortifying1649 morient1679 upon one's last stretch1680 gasping1681 à la mort1700 moribund1721 outward-bound1809 terminal1854 on the brink of the grave1872 defunctive1929 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Moribund,..ready to die, in a dying Condition. 1826 Lancet 7 Oct. 31/2 13. Moribund. The friends immediately removed the body. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 801/1 The state of the respiration in a moribund person is extremely various. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 354 Cases..of persons apparently moribund who have been aroused by the inhalation of nitrite. 1886 E. L. Bynner Agnes Surriage xvi. 174 A tangle of brambles and moribund herbs. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 281 The pauses between wrestling with death for the body of a moribund laundress, or scheming for further mission-grants to resole a consumptive compositor's very consumptive boots. 1950 Sci. News 15 122 These measures have proved of great value except on the rare occasions when the infant was born dead or moribund. 1975 R. Graves Man does, Woman Is xvii. 58 ‘O per se O, O per se O!’, The moribund grammarian cried To certain scholars grouped at his bedside. 1988 in R. Dinnage One to One 31 The tidy bleak flat, the huge moribund houseplant, the empty fireplace. 2. In extended use: that is in a terminal decline; displaying such a lack of vigour or vitality that recovery appears impossible. ΚΠ 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. viii. 85 The wail of a moribund world. 1865 Ld. Derby in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 177 22 One of just such a character as might naturally have been expected to be addressed by an aged Minister to a moribund Parliament. 1889 Spectator 9 Nov. 624/2 We all talk of the Turkish Empire as moribund. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 245/1 -ster also, for a time, gave signs of being moribund... It is, however, found in a number of new formations..prankster, [etc.]. 1931 F. Reid Uncle Stephen xxv. 301 Coombe Bridge itself was nearly as deserted as the station. To Tom it seemed a moribund spot. 1948 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise (rev. ed.) p. ix I would have preferred to re-write the whole book..rather than be compelled only to revarnish it and send it forth into a stagnant world and a moribund society. 1999 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 5 Jan. 6/1 These institutions which were meant to absorb youths who do not get a chance to pursue secondary education, are to a very large extent moribund. B. n. †1. A dying person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > the dying dier1570 percher1714 expirer1793 moribund1835 1835 C. Bowles Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 328 Another person was mortally wounded and his death hourly expected... Every day the moribund's door was besieged by crowds of anxious inquirers. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. iii. 102 There will be more lawyers than litigants, more medicos than moribunds. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xxvii. 277 ‘What's the odds?’ queried the persistent moribund wearily. 2. With plural agreement. With the. Moribund or dying people as a class. Now archaic. ΚΠ 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 422 In the moribund a ‘terminal’ leucocytosis is frequently observed. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. iii. 58 We know no fuss or pain or lying Can stop the moribund from dying. 1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 10 I see the moribund that fall subject to phlegm or deliracy sacrifice a fortune to apothecaries puffed up with turgent titles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1721
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