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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Approaching death; about to die.
  2. adj. On the verge of becoming obsolete: moribund customs; a moribund way of life.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In a dying state.
  2. n. A dying person.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
  2. adj. Almost obsolete, nearing an end.
  3. n. A person who is near to dying.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.
  2. n. rare A dying person.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. being on the point of death; breathing your last
  2. adj. not growing or changing; without force or vitality

Etymologies

  1. From Latin moribundus ("dying") (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin moribundus, from morī, to die; see mer- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • iridule "...the tepid exhalations of a throbbing and groaning basement furnace were transmitted to the rooms with the faintness of a moribund's last breath." Jun 10, 2009

  • mcritz That's an effin' bingo. Oct 14, 2008

  • nicsims "The patient, when first seen by him, was apparently moribund, in profound coma, with livid face and cold extremities." Sep 13, 2007

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