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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