Word: moribund
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Club is in a moribund condition. The interest in the object for which it was founded has gradually waned until now the society is on the point of disbanding and selling its property. The present members of the club are greatly averse to this course, and, in order to save the valuable collection of the club, they make the following proposition. The entire club property will be turned over to the keeping of any responsible body of students who will guarantee to conduct their society as an art club. If this offer is not accepted before January 26, the property...
...taken up, so says Mr. Lilly white, with each removal, and consequently when the Marylebone Club played on June 22, 1814, their first important match, defeating Hertfords hire in one inning, they played on the same turf as that which years before had afforded foot-hold to the moribund White Conduit Club. From 1814 "Lord's" has been a household word in cricket...
...writer of the article above alluded to would have one quarter as much patience as he apparently lacks in charity and in knowledge of his subject, he shall know yet whether we are alive or in a moribund state...