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Obit

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The death of a person. archaic
  2. 2
    An obituary. colloquial

    "So a proposed US series, called Circling the Drain, is certainly breaking new ground. It involves a 25-year-old reporter (played by Caprica's Alessandra Torresani) who is reassigned from a paper's style section to its obits desk."

  3. 3
    a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography wordnet
  4. 4
    A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. historical

    "Medieval wills often contained bequests to pay for the singing of special (non-perpetual) masses on the testator's behalf. These obits, as they were called, combined alms for the poor with masses for the dead."

  5. 5
    A record of a person's death.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman obit, Middle French obit, and their source, Latin obitus (“going down; death”), from obīre (“to go down, to die”).

Etymology 2

Clipping of obituary.

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