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extinct

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɪŋkt, ɛk-/

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Definition of extinct

adjective

1(of a species, family, or other larger group) having no living members:trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct
no longer in existence:an extinct language the sort of girls' school that is now extinct
(of a title of nobility) having no valid claimant: the baronetcy became extinct

2(of a volcano) not having erupted in recorded history: the islands are the remains of extinct volcanoes
no longer alight:his now extinct pipe

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'no longer alight'): from Latin exstinct- 'extinguished', from the verb exstinguere (see extinguish)

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