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单词 necrological
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necrologicaladj.

Brit. /ˌnɛkrəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌnɛkrəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: necrology n., -ical suffix.
Etymology: < necrology n. + -ical suffix; compare -logical comb. form. Compare earlier necrologic adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by necrology; obituary.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > [adjective]
necrologic1796
obituary1820
necrological1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Necrological, pertaining to or giving an account of the dead or of deaths.
1844 J. C. Neal Peter Ploddy 74 The jest is a ‘relict’, to move post mortem mirth, autopsical grins and necrological merriment. A dear departed is much more likely to be resurrectionised by a surviving joke, than by the most intrepid of body-snatchers.
1856 W. H. Smyth Descr. Catal. Roman Family Coins 244 The truth of history has been greatly corrupted by necrological laudatory essays.
1880 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. The task of compiling a necrological account..was obviously a very easy one.
1939 Speculum 14 190 This necrological item appears in the lower half of the right margin between the masses for June 12 and 18... A necrological entry appears also on fol. 214v of Paris.
1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Dec. a1 Sheets boasts of the firm's necrological collection..the obituaries. There are hundreds of them neatly filed in alphabetical order in 730 library trays.
1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 50/2 Hebblethwaite's detailed account of the Pope's last hours in 1978 is a model of necrological narrative.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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