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cadaverous

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ca·dav·er·ous

[kuh-dav-er-uhs]
adjective
1.
of or like a corpse.
2.
pale; ghastly.
3.
haggard and thin.

Origin:
1620–30; < Latin cadāverōsus like a corpse. See cadaver, -ous

ca·dav·er·ous·ly, adverb
ca·dav·er·ous·ness, noun
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Example Sentences
  • Rather than let the victim's pet starve, the cadaverous counterspy scoops it up and takes it with him into the night.
  • Sure, it turned the patient's skin a cadaverous grey or blue-a permanent affliction known as argyria.
  • More to the point, the bare stone would look ravaged to him, even cadaverous.
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cadaverous (kəˈdævərəs)
 
adj
1.  of or like a corpse, esp in being deathly pale; ghastly
2.  thin and haggard; gaunt
 
ca'daverously
 
adv
 
ca'daverousness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

cadaverous
"looking like a corpse," early 15c., from L. cadaverosus "corpse-like," from cadaver (see cadaver).
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Medical Dictionary

cadaverous ca·dav·er·ous (kə-dāv'ər-əs)
adj.

  1. Suggestive of death; corpselike.

  2. Having a corpselike pallor.

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