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obit¹

  • /ˈɒbɪt/ UK
  • /ˈəʊbɪt/ UK

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman obit, Middle French obit, and their source, Latin obitus (“going down; death”), from obīre (“to go down, to die”).

noun obits

  1. archaic The death of a person.
  2. historical A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. Medieval wills often contained bequests to pay for the singing of special (non-perpetual) masses on the testator's behalf. These obits, as they were called, combined alms for the poor with masses for the dead.
  3. A record of a person's death.

obit²

  • /ˈəʊbɪt/ UK
  • /əˈbɪt/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

Clipping of obituary.

noun obits

  1. colloquial An obituary. So a proposed US series, called Circling the Drain, is certainly breaking new ground. It involves a 25-year-old reporter (played by Caprica's Alessandra Torresani) who is reassigned from a paper's style section to its obits desk.

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"obit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/obit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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obit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/obit

Chicago

"obit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/obit.

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@misc{obit_2026,
  title = {obit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/obit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}