moribund


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
moribund /ˈmɒrɪbʌnd/
adjective
  • 1 at the point of death.
  • 2 in terminal decline; lacking vigour.
– derivatives
moribundity noun.
– origin C18: from L. moribundus, from mori ‘to die’.
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