caducus.
That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.
Meaning & usage
That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.
That easily falls, inclined to fall
Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed.
Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile.
Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin -ūcus Latin cadūcus From cadō (“to fall”) + -ūcus.
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