obit

noun

ō-ˈbit  ˈō-bət 

 especially British  ˈä-bit

: obituary

Synonyms

• obituary

Examples of obit in a Sentence

she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper

Recent Examples on the Web

Nearly every obit today after news broke of her death at age 79 rightly had Annie Hall in its headline. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025

Cable’s not dead yet, not by a long stretch, but the boys down in the obits section already have their pre-write ready to go in advance of the inevitable. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025

Alas, hip-hop had lost its former glory, read the premature obits. —Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025

Boone died at age 84 at home in Alexandria in December 2019 from lung cancer, per his obit. —Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

in part short for obituary, in part continuing Middle English obit "death, record of a death date, religious service marking a death anniversary," borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin obitus, going back to Latin, "approach, encounter, death, setting of a heavenly body," from obi-, stem of obīre "to meet with, visit, meet one's death, die" (from ob- "toward, facing" + īre "to go") + -tus, suffix of action nouns — more at ob-, issue entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for obit

• probit
• tobit