deceased
dee-SEEST/diˈsist/UKdi-SEEST/dɪˈsiːst/
Noun pluraldeceased, deceaseds
Pluraldeceased, deceaseds
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- 3Owned by or left by someone who has died.
The family hired a lawyer to sort out the deceased estate.
Everything in the deceased estate, from the house to the old car, went to her two sons.
- 4So overwhelmed by something that you joke you have died.
That video of the dancing goat? I'm deceased.
When the teacher started rapping the spelling list, the whole class was deceased.
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Origin
It comes from decease, which goes back to a Latin word meaning “departure”.