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defunct (iou)



defunct adjective & noun. M16.
[Latin defunctus pa. pple of defungi discharge, perform, finish, from de- DE- 3 + fungi perform. Cf. Old & mod. French defunt.]
A. adjective.
Dead, deceased. M16.
A. S. Byatt Mrs Daisy Wapshott would part with her defunct husband's inherited treasure.
No longer in use or in existence; out of fashion. M18.
A. Powell A Ninetyish aestheticism..was by no means defunct in Oxford of those days. A. West A reporter from the now defunct Evening Star.
b. noun. The deceased, the dead. M16.
defunctive adjective pertaining to dying; becoming defunct: E17.
defunctness noun L19.