obit

noun

ō-ˈbit  ˈō-bət 

 especially British  ˈä-bit

: obituary

Synonyms

• necrology
• obituary

Examples of obit in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Erica Zora Wrightson, who interviewed Herrera in 2016, wrote the obit. —Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025

Here is some of the Times obit, June 9, 1994: Eric A. Nordlinger, a foreign affairs expert and professor at Brown, Harvard and Brandeis universities, died last Friday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Dec. 2024

For their obits in the New York Times — by Richard Sandomir — go here and here. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024

Manny had brought home local papers after that, the Tampa Bay Times, the Bellingham Herald, which August proceeded to read from front page to obits. —Camille Bordas, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024

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