caducity

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ca·du·ci·ty

(kə-do͞o′sĭ-tē, -dyo͞o′-)

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.]

caducity

(kəˈdjuːsɪtɪ)

1. perishableness

2. senility

[C18: from French, from Latin cadūcus caducous]

ca•du•ci•ty

(kəˈdu sɪ ti, -ˈdyu-)

n.

1. senility.

2. transitoriness; fleetingness: the caducity of life.

[1760–1770; < French caducité]

caducity

decrepit old age; senility.

caducity

noun

The condition of being senile:

dotage, senility.

Translations

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