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obituary, n. and a.|əʊˈbɪtjʊərɪ|
[ad. med.L. obituāri-us adj. and n., f. obitu-s: see obit and -ary. Cf. F. obituaire (1690 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
A. n.
1. A register of deaths, or of obit-days.
1706[see obitual A]. 1725Hearne R. Brunne Pref. 25 margin, The Obituaries, or Obit Books of Bridlington. Ibid. 26 As may appear even from the Obituaries, or Obit Books. 1952Latin Liturg. MSS. (Exhib. Guide, Bodl. Libr.) 35 Obituary (and martyrology) Secular; cathedral of St. Ethelbert, Hereford; mid-14th century.
2. A record or announcement of a death or deaths, esp. in a newspaper; usually comprising a brief biographical sketch of the deceased.
1738Birch Life Milton M.'s Wks. 1738 I. 59 He died at his House in Bunhill-Row Novemer 15th, according to Mr. Richard Smith, his Neighbour, in his Obituary. 1792Burns Let. to Mrs. Dunlop 6 Dec., I scarcely look over the obituary of a newspaper, that I do not see some names that I have known. 1875J. H. Bennet Winter Medit. i. vi. 161 The cold east winds of the spring, which yearly fill the obituaries. 1885Glasgow News 31 Dec. 6/1 The obituary of the year is somewhat heavy.
B. adj. Relating to or recording a death (usually with a biographical sketch of the deceased).
1828Webster, Obituary, a. relating to the decease of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice. 188519th Cent. 269 His Lordship has given obituary notices of them in his blue book of 1883. 1900G. C. Brodrick Mem. & Impr. 157 If he could have written his own obituary memoir.
Hence oˈbituarily adv., ‘in the manner of an obituary’ (Webster, 1864).
1889G. B. Shaw London Music 1888–89 (1937) 61 Madame Ilma de Murska is dead; and an ungrateful world is describing her obituarily as a person remarkable for a compass that extended to F in alt. 1902Westm. Gaz. 1 Aug. 1/3 Whatever may happen ‘obituarily’ or otherwise..to the organisation and officials making these ‘distributions’, they have not ceased. 1974Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 22 Feb. 7/3 Perhaps the generation of the Seventies, will be willing to accept the notion of dressing the deceased (obituarily) in the same garments he wore in life, gravy stains and all. |