caducity
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ca·du·ci·ty
(kə-do͞o′sĭ-tē, -dyo͞o′-)n.
1. The frailty of old age; senility.
2. The quality or state of being perishable; impermanence.
[French caducité, from caduc, frail, falling, from Latin cadūcus; see caducous.]
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caducity
(kəˈdjuːsɪtɪ)n
1. perishableness
2. senility
[C18: from French, from Latin cadūcus caducous]
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ca•du•ci•ty
(kəˈdu sɪ ti, -ˈdyu-)n.
1. senility.
2. transitoriness; fleetingness: the caducity of life.
[1760–1770; < French caducité]
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caducity
decrepit old age; senility.
See also: Old Agethe condition of being perishable. — caducous, adj.
See also: Decaying-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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