| 单词 | the defunct |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe defunct 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. < as lemmas |
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