obit

noun \ ō-ˈbit , ˈō-bət , especially British ˈä-bit \

Updated on: 12 May 2018

Definition of obit

: obituary

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Examples of obit in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of obit from the Web

Only an adrenaline junkie or a completely unimaginative person could be bored by obits.

— diane stopyra, The Cut, "I’m Obsessed With Reading Strangers’ Obituaries," 30 Apr. 2018
Pitching primarily for Diablos Rojos of Mexico City, Ramon Arano won 334 games and had a career 3.26 ERA, according to his obit.

— bob brookover, Philly.com, "Reliever Victor Arano's legendary uncle Ramon would be proud of him," 20 Apr. 2018
Dad is a special man who wrote this obit in the first person.

— hartford courant, courant.com, "Willie Joseph G. Cardin," 10 Apr. 2018
The premature obit was taken down after a few minutes.

— deanna isaacs, Chicago Reader, "Media / Whoa / News The Sun-Times published a pre-death obituary for Karen Lewis. What’s wrong with that?," 9 Jan. 2018
Maybe an editor passed for lack of interest, or maybe considered an obit but did not have a reporter available to write it.

— william mcdonald, New York Times, "From the Death Desk: Why Most Obituaries Are Still of White Men," 8 Mar. 2018
Lahm, 43, began writing the obit after her father died Tuesday from a massive stroke.

— donna vickroy, Daily Southtown, "Miracle Whip, Hamburger Helper and the zombie apocalypse: Daughter's obituary for her father goes viral," 27 Jan. 2018
Nearly 500 people attended Mikee’s memorial at the local Czech-Slovak hall after Mr. Carlson included an invitation in the monkey’s online obit.

— clare ansberry, WSJ, "Do You Love Your Pet This Much? Owners Post Heartfelt Obituaries," 20 Dec. 2017
Here is a good bio/obit on him with quotes from colleagues.

— jim varsallone, miamiherald, "Fans, talent remember Blackheart Dave Johnson at CCW show," 16 Dec. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of obit

Middle English death, service marking the anniversary of a death, from Anglo-French, from Latin obitus death, from obire to go to meet, die, from ob- in the way + ire to go — more at issue

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First Known Use: 15th century

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