Definition of "death-day" [death-day]

• The day on which one dies. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I have money so I can always have people, but they can't beme, think likeme, these nights when I can't sleep, when I have Pietro, my gondolier, take me outside, out there, floating the canals, listening to the moon crackle ... or sitting here and thinking about my death-day."
• "And perched on top, two bodies in their death-day suits, swaying in time to a music none of us could hear—the divine offering."
• "It was going to celebrate the birthday of medieval mathematician Regiomontanus and the death-day of Sienese artist Vecchietta."