noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Death. countable, obsolete, uncountable

   "Until four hundred one-and-twenty years / After defunction of King Pharamond […]"

Synonyms

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big sleepcelestial transferdeathdeceasedemisedirt nap

Antonyms

All antonyms

birthexistencelife

Example

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"Until four hundred one-and-twenty years / After defunction of King Pharamond […]"

Etymology

from Latin dēfūnctiō (“execution, performance, death”), from dēfungor (“to finish, perform, die”).

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