FUNCTUS OFFICIO
\fˈʌŋktəs əfˈɪsɪˌə͡ʊ], \fˈʌŋktəs əfˈɪsɪˌəʊ], \f_ˈʌ_ŋ_k_t_ə_s ə_f_ˈɪ_s_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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Lat Having fulfilled the function, discharged the office, or accomplished the purpose, and therefore of no further force or authority. Applied to an officer whose term has expired, and who has consequently no further official authority;and also to an instrument, power, agency, etc.. which has fulfilled the purpose of its creation, and is therefore of no further virtue or effect.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.