MORIBUND

PRONUNCIATION: (MOR-uh-buhnd)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Nearing death.
2. Stagnant; lacking vigor or vitality.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin moribundus (dying), from mori (to die). Ultimately from the Indo-European root mer- (to rub away or to harm), which also gave us morse, mordant, amaranth, morbid, mortal, mortgage, nightmare, premorse, morbidezza, ambrosia, and amaranthine. Earliest documented use: 1721.
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MORI-BOUND - headed toward a village in Chine (or Italy)

MAORI BUND - a German organization whose members are native New Zealanders

MOORIBUND - King Lear isn't long for this world