dead-and-alive vs moribund

dead-and-alive

adj

  • Synonym of dead-alive 

moribund

adj

  • Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring. 

  • Almost obsolete, nearing an end. 

noun

  • A person who is near to dying. 

How often have the words dead-and-alive and moribund occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )