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

McLaughlin wanted his obit to set the record straight. —Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2024

Schneider built a shrine to Ross and threw a wake for him in the sauna room of his house that was attended by stars like Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Roman Polanski, according to a 2011 Los Angeles times obit for Schneider. —Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 May 2024

Copies of the Monday, May 13, Detroit Free Press, which include the mock obit, may still be available for purchase. —Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024

As part of the morbid support of the rapper’s upcoming 12th studio album, the obit shrewdly has quote marks around the subhead that had fans thinking Slim Shady was dropping a hint about the project’s possible lead single. —Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 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