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commorient

commorient adjective: dying together or at the same time.

Adjective

commorient (not comparable)

  1. Dying together or at the same time.
    • the same compatient and commorient fates and times1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third

Noun

commorient (plural commorients)

  1. Someone dying at the same time as someone else.
    • All the men felt at a glance that he, coming to meet death thus, did no more than the right homage to Zuleika—aye, and that he made them all partakers in his own glory, casting his great mantle over all commorients.1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

Forms of commorient

pluralcommorients

Origin of commorient

From Latin commoriens, present participle of commori.

Questions about commorient

What does commorient mean?
Commorient means dying together or at the same time.
What part of speech is commorient?
Commorient can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near commorient in the dictionary

  1. commorant
  2. commorants
  3. commoratio
  4. commoration
  5. commorations
  6. commorient
  7. commorients
  8. commorth
  9. commorths
  10. commos
  11. commot

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