morientadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒrɪənt/, U.S.

/ˈmɔriənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin morient-, moriēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin morient-, moriēns, present participle of morī to die, cognate with mors death and mortuus dead (see mort n.¹).

rare.

Dying, moribund.

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

1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 64 He adds a 6th period, to wit, morient..our posterity shall see him die.

1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xvi. 227 Salute the Bambino of the Ara Coeli, the Christus of Michael Angelo, the morient Gaul, the Teresan Ecstasy.

1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 212 We have seen herbs withdraw from their purpose to resuscitate the ailing and morient, stars deviate from their course to signal imminent events.

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

单词	morient
释义	morientadj. Brit. /ˈmɒrɪənt/, U.S. /ˈmɔriənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin morient-, moriēns. Etymology: < classical Latin morient-, moriēns, present participle of morī to die, cognate with mors death and mortuus dead (see mort n.¹). rare. Dying, moribund. 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 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 64 He adds a 6th period, to wit, morient..our posterity shall see him die. 1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xvi. 227 Salute the Bambino of the Ara Coeli, the Christus of Michael Angelo, the morient Gaul, the Teresan Ecstasy. 1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 212 We have seen herbs withdraw from their purpose to resuscitate the ailing and morient, stars deviate from their course to signal imminent events. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1679
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