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caducus.

That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[kaˈduː.kʊs]Classical-Latin[kaˈduː.kus]
  1. That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  2. That easily falls, inclined to fall

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  3. Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · poetic
  4. Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · figuratively
  5. Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
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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