adjective.Approachingdeath; about to die; dying; expiring.
adjective.
Almost obsolete, nearing an end.
noun.
A person who is near to dying.
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adjective.
being on the point of death; breathing your last
adjective.
not growing or changing; without force or vitality
Word Usage
"The reviewers 'criticism says a lot about the failure of our cultural establishment to acknowledge any interesting creative departure in what they are insistent on calling the moribund form of the novel -- despite all evidence to the contrary."