deceased
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L227588 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- no longer living
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːst/ / /diˈsist/ / /dɪˈsist/
adj
Etymology: From decease + -ed, from Middle English deceas via Old French [Term?], from Latin dēcessus (“departure”), equivalent to dēced-, variation of dēcēdō, dēcēdere (“to go away”).
- No longer alive; dead.
“1969, Monty Python, Dead Parrot Sketch That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.”
“Publicity handouts from Dick's long-deceased record label would have us believe that he was born in Cleveland in 1952.”
- Belonging to the dead.
“The executor's commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.”
- One who has died.
- Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead.
“You look so good, I'm deceased!”
“I am deceased, my nuts have been busted.”
noun
Etymology: From decease + -ed, from Middle English deceas via Old French [Term?], from Latin dēcessus (“departure”), equivalent to dēced-, variation of dēcēdō, dēcēdere (“to go away”).
- Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).
“The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.”
“a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars”
- One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
“Deceased had already made a will in his favour before her marriage, but—and Mr. Philips wagged an expressive forefinger—the prisoner was not aware of that. What had induced the deceased to make a fresh will, with the old one still extant, he could not say.”