ca⋅du⋅ci⋅ty /kəˈdusɪti, -ˈdyu-/ [kuh-doo-si-tee, -dyoo-]
–noun
1. the infirmity or weakness of old age; senility.
2. frailty; transitoriness: the caducity of life.
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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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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