moribundityn.
/ˌmɒrᵻˈbʌndᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmɔrəˈbəndədi/ The state or condition of being moribund; closeness to death. Chiefly figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [noun] > point of > condition at
mortification1654
moribundity1842
1842 S. Smith in Lady Holland Mem. (1855) II. 471 Mrs. Sydney and I are both in fair health,—such health as is conceded to moribundity and caducity.
1900 W. E. Henley Mem. in G. W. Steevens Things Seen p. xvi The ‘National Observer’..was still afoot, and though conscious of its moribundity..was keeping the bravest of fronts.
1929 L. R. Rea Six Mrs Greenes I, 1 There hung about Dora Greene an atmosphere of moribundity and stagnation that inevitably led her relations and acquaintances to classify her as a bore.
1955 Shakespeare Q. 6 430 The Stratford production of All's Well that Ends Well which, plodding scene by plodding scene, demonstrates the moribundity of the theatrical principles of Charles Kean and the Meininger.
1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 11/6 In these days of intellectual moribundity, it is imperative that society celebrates originality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1842- to take in early use (inim) to rede
- to take in early use (inim) to wife
- to take in early use nim heart
- to take in early use nim something til heart
- to take in early use nim something to heart
- to take in early use nim til heart
- to take in early use nim to heart
- to take in etc reputation
- to take in execution
- to take in fancy work
- to take in farm
- to take in good
- to take in good worth
- to set out one's throat
- to set out the shin
- to set out to mast
- to set over
- to set packing
- to set pen to paper
- to set price by
- to set price of
- to set price upon
- to set prison-free
- to set prisonfree
- to set put a stone rolling