ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Defunctive

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Defunctive is an adjective meaning (archaic) funereal or deathly.

Meaning

(archaic) funereal or deathly.

Example Sentences

The road was now a black tunnel floored with the impalpable defunctive glare of the sand.
Let the priest in surplice white/That defunctive music can/ Be the death-divining swan/ Lest the requiem lack his right.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include funebrious, exequious, defunct, funeste, obsequious, sepult.

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