What does "moribund" mean?
Moribund: In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. The patient was comatose and moribund. Copland.
Additional senses
- 2.A dying person. [R.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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