Definitions for obit

obit o·bit

Spelling: [oh-bit for 1; oh-bit, ob-it Obit is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in obit (biot).

Definitions for obit

noun

  1. Informal. an obituary.
  2. the date of a person's death.
  3. Obsolete. a Requiem Mass.

Origin of obit

1325-75; Middle English obite Latin obitus death, equivalent to obi- (stem of obīre to meet, meet one's death, die; ob- ob- + īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action

Examples for obit

“An artist, a bohemian, lover of music, men, food, clothing, travel, politics, and peace,” the obit in a local paper said of her.

In return the college undertook to keep an obit for him every year.

Colchester and the Convent covenanted to observe the Bishop's obit—September 18—which we know they did to the last.

In 1493 he established at University College an obit for the widow of Warwick the king-maker.

Marilyn Johnson has written fascinating books about obit writers and librarians.

Would a male scientist have drawn such an obit opening about his great fatherhood skills?

Nothing against her, but I kinda can't believe that Donna Summer's obit made A1 of the Times.

To write his obit would be to admit that he was going to die, and who wanted to admit such a thing?

If the mother just died, you could at least get an obit out of it, she explained.

At every months mind, years mind, or obit, the curate has 8d.

Word Value for obit
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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