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单词 defunct
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defunctadj.n.

/dɪˈfʌŋkt/
Etymology: < Latin dēfunctus discharged, deceased, dead, past participle of dēfungī to discharge, have done with, < de- prefix 1f + fungī to perform, discharge (duty). Perhaps immediately < French defunct (Cotgrave 1611), now défunt.
A. adj.
a. Having ceased to live; deceased, dead.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective]
deadOE
lifelessOE
of lifeOE
storvena1225
dead as a door-nail1362
ydead1387
stark deadc1390
colda1400
bypast1425
perishedc1440
morta1450
obita1450
unquickc1449
gone?a1475
dead and gone1482
extinct1483
departed1503
bygonea1522
amort1546
soulless1553
breathless1562
parted1562
mortified1592
low-laid1598
disanimate1601
carcasseda1603
defunct1603
no morea1616
with God1617
death-stricken1618
death-strucken1622
expired1631
past itc1635
incinerated1657
stock-dead1662
dead as a herring1664
death-struck1688
as dead as a nit1789
(as) dead as mutton1792
low1808
laid in the locker1815
strae-dead1820
disanimated1833
ghosted1834
under the daisies1842
irresuscitable1843
under the sod1847
toes up1851
dead and buried1863
devitalized1866
translated1869
dead and done (for, with)1886
daid1890
bung1893
(as) dead as the (or a) dodo1904
six feet under1942
brown bread1969
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. ii. 187 A deed body is callyd Defunctus, for he hath lefte the offyce of lyfe.]
1603 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 65 To do that and all other honnor that we may unto the Queene defunct.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ll2 The Anatomy is of a defunct patient. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 21 The Organs, though defunct and dead before, Breake vp their drowsie Graue. View more context for this quotation
1694 London Gaz. No. 2981/3 Two defunct Knights of the Order.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 227 Now, Simon..what was the purport of the defunct Oliver Proudfute's discourse with you?
1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xx. 341 The stock in trade of a defunct doctor.
b. figurative. No longer in existence; having ceased its functions; dead, extinct.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > no longer existent
ceased1556
vanished1594
deada1616
no morea1616
defunct1741
evanished1829
inextant1831
1741 Love of Fame (ed. 4) 74 Defunct by Phœbus' laws, beyond redress.
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) II. 20 This ghost of a defunct absurdity.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 24 It appeared, some months ago, in a defunct periodical.
1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe iii. §115 Due to the crashing together of defunct suns.
B. n.
the defunct: the deceased; hence, with plural (rare), one who is dead, a dead person.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun]
the holy soulsc950
the deadc1000
dead1340
deadmana1400
the defunct1548
sleeper1590
gone?1614
grave-fellow1642
under-dead1648
the deceased1673
the majority1721
the departed1722
the dear departed1814
sleeper1827
goner1836
gone coon1837
silent majority1874
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. jv The corps of the said defunct [sc. the late kyng], was brought..into the great chamber.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 360 Nature doth abhorre to make his bed With the defunct, or sleepe vpon the dead. View more context for this quotation
1663 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 479 The..hors-litter..where was the defunct, drawne by six horses.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 143 Those two great Episcopal Defuncts.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 140 Knavish priests, who pretended that the devil could have no power over the defunct, if he was interred in holy ground.
1828 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. III. xiv. 392 Indifferent whether the pace with which the defunct are carried to the grave be quick or slow.
1841 W. Irving Don Juan in Knickerbocker Mag. Mar. 251 Accosting a servant..he demanded the name of the defunct.
1887 H. C. Lea Hist. Inquisition Middle Ages I. viii. 391 A sentence condemning five defuncts.
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