- Gloss
- "Completely dead / Finished"
- Definition
- Something that is completely over, finished, or beyond saving.
- Example
- "Dat battery done-dead."
- Origin
- Reduplication of finality.
As an everyday term, Done-dead is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.