单词 | defunctive |
释义 | defunctiveadj. Of or pertaining to defunction or dying. Also, becoming defunct; dying. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adjective] > relating to death mortalc1425 deadly1470 capitalc1475 mortuary1542 parting?1570 deada1586 defunctive1601 lethal1607 deathly1763 deathya1822 society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [adjective] defunctive1601 epicedial?c1615 pastoritial1654 serenading1673 nomic1728 rhapsodic1844 polycephalic1850 nocturnal1896 palindromic1961 the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying deadlyc893 swelting?a1400 dyingc1450 at (the) utterance1525 in (the, his) extremes1551 parting1562 Acherontic1597 ending1600 departing1603 on one's last legs1614 expiring1635 mortifying1649 morient1679 upon one's last stretch1680 gasping1681 à la mort1700 moribund1721 outward-bound1809 terminal1854 on the brink of the grave1872 defunctive1929 1601 W. Shakespeare Phoenix & Turtle in R. Chester Loves Martyr 170 Let the Priest in Surples white, That defunctiue Musicke can, Be the death-deuining Swan. 1920 T. S. Eliot Ara Vos Prec 14 Defunctive music under sea Passed seaward with the passing bell. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 165 The lane..became defunctive in grass, a mere path scarred quietly into new grass. 1939 T. Wolfe Web & Rock i. 18 The day was drowsed with quietness and defunctive turnip greens. 1961 Listener 26 Oct. 681/1 The theatre has a whole barrel full of conventions for the purpose—slow curtains, quick curtains..defunctive music preparing a slow ending. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1601 |
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