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caducity

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ca⋅du⋅ci⋅ty

  [kuh-doo-si-tee, -dyoo-]
–noun
1. the infirmity or weakness of old age; senility.
2. frailty; transitoriness: the caducity of life.
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Origin:
1760–1770; < F caducité, equiv. to caduc caducous + -ité -ity
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ca·du·ci·ty   (kə-dōō'sĭ-tē, -dyōō'-)   
n.  

  1. The frailty of old age; senility.

  2. The quality or state of being perishable; impermanence.


[French caducité, from caduc, frail, falling, from Latin cadūcus; see caducous.]
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