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obituary
Part of speech: NounA notice of a death; a brief account of the life of a person just deceased.
Part of speech: AdjectivePertaining to the death of a person, or recording deaths.
Usage examples "obituary":- The expressions, of course, are often conventional, like obituary memorials in every age. - "Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius", Samuel Dill.
- Then I was proved to have died, and I read a little obituary notice on myself in a woman's paper she subscribed to. - "The White Peacock", D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence.
- There'll be no obituary notices about you this time. - ""The Pomp of Yesterday"", Joseph Hocking.