moribund
Syllables: mor·i·bundUK/ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/
moribund adjective: approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
Adjective
moribund (not comparable)
- Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
- These moribund shapes were free as air—and nearly as thin.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 206...
- Almost obsolete; nearing an end.
Noun
moribund (plural moribunds)
- A person who is near to dying.
moribund meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
moribund in Tamil
- இறக்கும் நிலையில், அழியும் நிலையில், முன்னேற்றமில்லாத, தேக்கமடைந்த நிலையில்
moribund in Urdu
- moribund
- مردنی murdanī
moribund in Bengali
- মৃতপ্রায়, চলতি শক্তি হারিয়েছে এমন
moribund in Malayalam
- മൃതപ്രായമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- moribund in Kannada
- ಸಾಯುತ್ತಿರುವ, ಮರಣಾಸನ್ನ, ಮೃತಪ್ರಾಯ, ಮರಣಾವಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ
- moribund in Gujarati
- મુમૂર્ષુ mumūrṣu
- moribund in Sanskrit
- मारुक māruka
- moribund in Malay
- nazak
- moribund in Indonesian
- nazak, sekarat, hampir mati
- moribund in Thai
- ร่อแร่ rɔ̂ɔ-rɛ̂ɛ
Examples of moribund in a sentence
- Saaroa is a moribund Formosan language, with fewer than ten fluent speakers.
- What the revisionists have done, Milton Friedman included, is provide ideological cover for a moribund political party.
- There were doorbells of moribund trades, a glass beveller, a “Church and Legal” printer.
Forms of moribund
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Origin of moribund
From Latin moribundus (“dying”).
Words formed from moribund
Questions about moribund
- What does moribund mean?
- Moribund means approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
- What is moribund in Tamil?
- Moribund in Tamil is இறக்கும் நிலையில், அழியும் நிலையில், முன்னேற்றமில்லாத. See Moribund meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is moribund?
- Moribund can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce moribund?
- Moribund is pronounced /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/ (UK).
Words near moribund in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: moribund (page history and authors); moribund (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مردنی (Urdu) (page history and authors); moribund (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moribund (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); moribund (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મુમૂર્ષુ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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