caducity
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noun \kə-ˈdü-sə-tē, -ˈdyü-\Definition of CADUCITY
1
: senility
2
: the quality of being transitory or perishable
Examples of CADUCITY
- <forgetting the name of an old friend was another painful reminder of her progressive caducity>
Origin of CADUCITY
French caducité, from caduc transitory, from Latin caducus
First Known Use: 1769
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- Synonyms
- dotage, second childhood, senility
Rhymes with CADUCITY
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