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extinctual

adj

Etymology

From extinct + -ual.

  1. derived from *stengʷ-✻ — “to push”
  2. derived from extīnctus
  3. inherited from extinct — “eliminated, eradicated, extinguished”
  4. suffixed as extinctual — “extinct + ual”

Definitions

  1. Of, related to, or resembling extinction.

    • I mourn because I would not kill, knowing killing is suffering a snarling, extinctual end; and I mourn that something weak, nameless — inside me — allows this lie of color life in my blood and bone.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA