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Dictionary: ca·du·ci·ty   (kə-dū'sĭ-tē, -dyū'-) pronunciation
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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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noun

    The condition of being senile: dotage, senility. See youth/age/maturity.

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the quality of being transitory or perishable; senility
 
 
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