decedentn.adj.

/dɪˈsiːdənt/

Etymology: < Latin dēcēdent-em, present participle of dēcēdĕre to depart, die.

A. n.

One who retires from an office (obsolete), deceases, or dies; a deceased person. U.S., chiefly in Law.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who retires or is retired

decedenta1662

retirer1730

retired1923

retiree1935

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

deceased1633

decedent1730

the late lamented1864

a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 52 Mr. Andrew Young..was appointed to succeed to the next decedent.

1730 Bp. T. Wilson in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. II (1863) xxi. 724 Taking care of orphan's and decedent's goods.

1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Decedent, a deceased person. Laws of Penn.

1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. Jan. In North Andover last year there were 65 deaths. Twenty-two of the decedents were more than 70.

†B. adj.

(See quot. 1727) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Decedent, adj. departing, going away.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	decedent
释义	decedentn.adj. /dɪˈsiːdənt/ Etymology: < Latin dēcēdent-em, present participle of dēcēdĕre to depart, die. A. n. One who retires from an office (obsolete), deceases, or dies; a deceased person. U.S., chiefly in Law. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who retires or is retired decedenta1662 retirer1730 retired1923 retiree1935 the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > the recently dead deceased1633 decedent1730 the late lamented1864 a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 52 Mr. Andrew Young..was appointed to succeed to the next decedent. 1730 Bp. T. Wilson in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. II (1863) xxi. 724 Taking care of orphan's and decedent's goods. 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Decedent, a deceased person. Laws of Penn. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. Jan. In North Andover last year there were 65 deaths. Twenty-two of the decedents were more than 70. †B. adj. (See quot. 1727) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Decedent, adj. departing, going away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.a1662
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