caducity

[ kuh-doo-si-tee, -dyoo- ]
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noun
  1. Archaic. the infirmity or weakness of old age; senility.

  2. Literary. the quality of being perishable or transitory: the caducity of life.

Origin of caducity

1
First recorded in 1760–70; from French caducité, equivalent to caduc caducous + -ité -ity

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British Dictionary definitions for caducity

caducity

/ (kəˈdjuːsɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. perishableness

  2. senility

Origin of caducity

1
C18: from French, from Latin cadūcus caducous

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