unextinguished

adjective

un·​extinguished

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: not extinguished:

a

: not put out : unquenched

an unextinguished fire

b

: not ended : still living

observed … tokens of unextinguished or returning passion

—T. L. Peacock

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 1 + extinguished, past participle of extinguish

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