deceased
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deceased
- /dɪˈsiːst/ UK
- /diˈsist/ US
- /dɪˈsist/ US
- /diˈsist/ Canada
- /dɪˈsist/ Canada
- /diˈsizd/ Canada
- /dɪˈsizd/ Canada
- /dɪˈzizd/ Nigeria
Sounds like diseased (Nigeria) · Rhymes with -iːst
Where it comes from
From decease + -ed, from Middle English deceas via Old French [Term?], from Latin dēcessus (“departure”), equivalent to dēced-, variation of dēcēdō, dēcēdere (“to go away”).
adjective
- No longer alive; dead. 1969, Monty Python, Dead Parrot Sketch That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
- Belonging to the dead. The executor's commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.
- One who has died.
- Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead. You look so good, I'm deceased!
noun deceased · deceaseds
- Synonym of dead (“those who have died”). The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.
- One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide. Deceased had already made a will in his favour before her marriage, but—and Mr. Philips wagged an expressive forefinger—the prisoner was not aware of that. What had induced the deceased to make a fresh will, with the old one still extant, he could not say.
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