[dɪˈfʌŋ(k)t], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- no longer existing or functioning
(e.g: the now defunct Somerset & Dorset railway line)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘deceased’): from Latin defunctus ‘dead’, past participle of defungi ‘carry out, finish’, from de- (expressing reversal) + fungi ‘perform’