defunction
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /dəˈfʌŋkʃən/
Noun

defunction

  1. (obsolete) Death.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene ii]:
      Until four hundred one-and-twenty years / After defunction of King Pharamond {{...}
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