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Re: BS5837 life stages

Subject: Re: BS5837 life stages
From: Jerry Ross
Date: May 01 2012 17:36:46 

On 01/05/2012 18:07, andersonarb@xxxx.com wrote:



I'm inclined to describe trees as "moribund" in that they lack vitality, 
those big elderly Sycamores you get in the Derbyshire high country often seem like 
that; nothing wrong with em and probably got a long future life, but moribund sums them 
up nicely until someone pointed out that it can mean at the point of death.
I use the word too,for trees that are really only just hanging in
there. Your 'someone's' definition ("on the point of death") is exactly
what it says in my OED - from abundo - to overflow, and mori - to die.
Overflowing with death! Rather good, under the right circumstances! 




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