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cadaverous, a.|kəˈdævərəs|
[ad. F. cadavéreux, -euse, ad. L. cadāverōs-us corpse-like, f. cadāver: see above.]
Of or belonging to a corpse; such as characterizes a corpse, corpse-like.
1627Feltham Resolves ii. xxxiv, A cadauerous man, composed of Diseases and Complaints. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. (1656) §38 By continuall sight of Anatomies, Skeletons, or Cadaverous reliques. 1651Biggs New Disp. §26 Cadaverous dissection of bodies. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. xi. 205 Some cadaverous smell those Ravens discover in the Air. 1776Withering Bot. Arrangem. (1796) IV. 374 Cadaverous smell of the Phallus impudicus. 1855Bain Senses & Int. ii. ii. §11 (1864) 172 The cadaverous odour is of the repulsive kind. 1848Dickens Dombey 36 The strange, unusual..smell, and the cadaverous light.
b. esp. Of corpse-like or deadly pallor.
1662Fuller Worthies iii. 67 His eye was excellent at the instant discovery of a cadaverous face..this made him at the first sight of sick Prince Henry, to get himself out of sight. a1713T. Ellwood Life 246 He found John Milton sitting in an Elbow Chair..pale, but not cadaverous. 1820W. Irving Sk. Bk. II. 145 He has a cadaverous countenance, full of cavities and projections. 1835Willis Pencillings I. vi. 38. |