Word: moribundity
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...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...
...moribund condition of the association seems to have been chiefly due to the lethargy of last year's administration; and with the election of the present board of officers, the association seemed to take a new lease of life, and the evil day of dissolution was averted, for a time at least. The fact then came to light that of last year's Freshmen only thirty had become members; and these last really did not seem to enjoy any privileges from which the rest of the class were debarred...