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extinct
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1432; borrowed from Latin extinctus, the past participle of extinguere (“to put out, destroy, abolish, extinguish”), corresponding to ex- + stinguere (“to quench”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?st??kt/, /?k?st??kt/
- Rhymes: -??kt
Adjective
extinct (not comparable)
- (dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
- Poor Edward's cigarillo was already extinct.
- No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
- The title became extinct when the last baron died.
- Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory.
- Indeed the very fact that the English spelling system writes in there as two words but therein as one word might be taken as suggesting that only the former is a productive syntactic construction in Modern English, the latter being a now extinct construction which has left behind a few fossil remnants in the form of compound words such as thereby.
- (of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out.
- (geology) No longer active.
Synonyms
- (no longer used): See also Thesaurus:obsolete
- (having died out): See also Thesaurus:inexistent
- (volcanology: no longer erupting): dead
Antonyms
- (no longer alight): burning
- (having died out): extant; See also Thesaurus:existent
- (volcanology: no longer erupting): active, dormant
Related terms
- extinction
- extinctive
- extinguish
- distinct
Translations
Further reading
- extinct at OneLook Dictionary Search
- extinct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- extinct in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Verb
extinct (third-person singular simple present extincts, present participle extincting, simple past and past participle extincted)
- (transitive, nonstandard) To make extinct; to extinguish or annihilate.
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quagga
English
Alternative forms
- kwagga (dated)
- quakka
- quagha
Etymology
From Dutch quagga (whence also Afrikaans kwagga), from a Khoisan term, probably Hai?om, Khoekhoe ?koaah, apparently of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- (General South African) IPA(key): /?kwax?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kwa??/
- (US) IPA(key): /kwæ??/, /kw???/
- Rhymes: -æ??
Noun
quagga (plural quaggas)
- A southern-African subspecies of zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.
Derived terms
- quagga mussel
Translations
References
Italian
Etymology
From a Khoisan term, probably Hai?om, Khoekhoe ?koaah, apparently of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kwa?.?a/
- Rhymes: -a??a
- Hyphenation: quàg?ga
Noun
quagga m (invariable)
- plains zebra (Equus quagga)
- Hypernym: zebra
References
- quagga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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