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moribund (adj.)
1721, "about to die," from Middle French
moribund
(16c.), from Latin
moribundus
"dying, at the point of death," from
mori
"to die" (see
mortal
(adj.)). Figurative sense of "near an end" is from 1837. Related:
Moribundity
.
