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ca⋅du⋅ci⋅ty
[kuh-doo-si-tee, -dyoo-] 
sɪ
–noun
| 1. | the infirmity or weakness of old age; senility. |
| 2. | frailty; transitoriness: the caducity of life. |
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| ca·du·ci·ty (kə-dōō'sĭ-tē, -dyōō'-) n.
[French caducité, from caduc, frail, falling, from Latin cadūcus; see caducous.] |
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Caducity
Ca*du"ci*ty\, n. [LL. caducitas: cf. F. caducit['e]. See Caducous.] Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.] [A] jumble of youth and caducity. --Chesterfield.
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