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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tinct /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/USA pronunciation adj. - Biologyno longer in existence: an extinct species.
- no longer in use; obsolete: an extinct custom.
- no longer active: an extinct volcano.
ex•tinc•tion /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tinct (ik stingkt′),USA pronunciation adj. - Biologyno longer in existence;
that has ended or died out:an extinct species of fish. - no longer in use;
obsolete:an extinct custom. - extinguished;
quenched;
not burning. - having ceased eruption;
no longer active:an extinct volcano.
- Latin ex(s)tinctus put out, quenched, past participle of ex(s)tinguere to extinguish
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged defunct, gone, vanished. See dead.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged archaic.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged out.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: extinct /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/ adj - (of an animal or plant species) having no living representative; having died out
- quenched or extinguished
- (of a volcano) no longer liable to erupt; inactive
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin exstinctus quenched, from exstinguere to extinguish |