obituary

Etymology

From Medieval Latin obituarius, from Latin obitus (“a going to a place, approach, usually a going down, setting (as of the sun), fall, ruin, death”), from obire (“to go or come to, usually go down, set, fall, perish, die”), from ob (“toward, to”) + ire (“to go”).

noun

1. A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
   You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?". 2001, Marc Klein, Serendipity, spoken by Dean (Jeremy Piven)
   Obituary editors are confronted daily with the need to make delicate hermeneutic interpretations of the social meaning of individuals' deaths and to express these powerfully to their readership. 2007, Bridget Fowler, The Obituary as Collective Memory, Routledge
   Mouths were agape on the announcement of England’s starting lineup, the return of Keira Walsh appearing miraculous 10 days after she left the pitch on a stretcher in agony. Walsh’s World Cup obituaries were written; she was England’s most valuable player, irreplaceable. 2023-08-07, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian
2. A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper.
3. A register of deaths in a monastery.

adj

1. Relating to the death of a person.