deceased
noun
[ dɪˈsiːst ]
• the recently dead person in question.
• "the judge inferred that the deceased was confused as to the extent of his assets"
deceased
adjective
• recently dead.
• "the deceased man's family"
Similar:
dead,
expired,
departed,
gone,
no more,
passed on,
passed away,
late,
lost,
lamented,
perished,
fallen,
slain,
slaughtered,
killed,
murdered,
lifeless,
not breathing,
having breathed one's last,
defunct,
extinct,
inanimate,
insentient,
insensate,
inert,
(as) dead as a doornail,
six feet under,
pushing up daisies,
under the sod,
with God,
asleep,
at peace,
demised,
exanimate,
decease
verb
• die.
• "he deceased at his palace of Croydon"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French deces, from Latin decessus ‘death’, past participle (used as a noun) of decedere ‘to die’.
