cadent

[keyd-nt]

adjective

1. having cadence.

2. Archaic.,  falling.

cadent

/ ˈkeɪdənt /

adjective

1. having cadence; rhythmic

2. archaic,  falling; descending

Other Word Forms

• noncadent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadent¹

1580–90; < Latin cadent-, (stem of cadēns falling, present participle of cadere ), equivalent to cad- fall + -ent- -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of cadent¹

C16: from Latin cadēns falling, from cadere to fall

Example Sentences

CADENT.�The third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses are cadent.

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Our ears attuned to thy sweet lay Catch every flowing, cadent note And bear it ever safe within Our rapturous hearts, which gladly leap Whene'er thy name is called!

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I saw no horses, no sign of life; heard no sound but the cadent wail of the ash-grey birds in their flights.

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A mighty undertone of mingled sound; The cadent tumult rising from a throng Of urban workers, blending in a song Of greater life that makes the pulses bound.

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O, listen to the undersong, The ever old, the ever young; And, far within those cadent pauses, The chorus of the ancient Causes!

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