caducousadj.

Brit.

/kəˈdjuːkəs/,

/kəˈdʒuːkəs/, U.S.

/kəˈd(j)ukəs/

Etymology: < Latin cadūcus falling, fleeting, etc. ( < cadĕre to fall) + -ous suffix.

1. Zoology and Botany. Applied to organs or parts that fall off naturally when they have served their purpose; fugacious, deciduous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [adjective] > permanent or discarded

shedc1430

deciduous1657

marcescent1727

fugacious1750

permanent1776

shrivelling1776

persisting1777

persistent1785

sphacelate1785

shedding1796

sphacelated1806

caducous1808

restant1828

fugitive1830

horarious1866

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > attached or becoming united > shed

deciduous1657

deciduary1803

caducous1808

1808 W. Roxburgh in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 8 500 Stipules..minute and caducous.

1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. ii. v. 249 Fugacious, or caducous [leaves].

1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 659/1 The placenta and other structures..become caducous.

2. Fleeting, transitory; = caduke adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]

slidinga900

scrithingOE

henwardOE

swifta1225

short livya1325

passing1340

flittingc1374

shadowy1374

temporalc1384

speedfula1400

transitory?c1400

brittlea1425

unabidingc1430

frail?c1450

indurablec1450

scrithel?c1475

caduke1483

transitorious1492

passanta1500

perishinga1500

caducea1513

fugitive?1518

caducal?1548

quick1548

delible1549

flittering1549

undurable?1555

shadowish1561

fleeting1563

vading1566

flightful1571

wanzing1571

transitive1575

slipping1581

diary1583

unlasting1585

never-lasting1588

flit1590

post-like1594

running1598

short-lived1598

short-winded1598

transient1599

unpermanent1607

flashy1609

of a day1612

passable1613

dureless1614

urgenta1616

waxena1616

decayable1617

horary1620

evanid1626

fugitable1628

short-dated1632

fugacious1635

ephemerala1639

impermanent1653

fungous1655

volatile1655

ephemerousa1660

unimmortal1667

timesome1674

while-being1674

of passage1680

journal1685

ephemeron1714

admovent1727

evanescent1728

meteorous1750

deciduous1763

preterient1786

ephemeridal1795

meteorica1802

meteor1803

ephemerean1804

ephemerid1804

evanescing1805

fleeted1810

fleet1812

unenduring1814

unremaining1817

unimmortalized1839

impersistent1849

flighty1850

uneternal1862

caducous1863

diurnal1866

horarious1866

brisk1879

evasive1881

picaresque1959

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed > liable to decay

caduke1483

perishablec1484

caducea1513

caducal?1548

ruinable1654

fugitive1678

consumptive1724

unpreservable1787

caducous1863

1863 J. C. Morison St. Bernard ii. iii. 229 Monasticism..was temporary, caducous, and charged with germs of evil.

3. Roman Law. Applied to testamentary gifts which for some reason lapsed from the donee.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adjective] > of or relating to a bequest > lapsed (of bequest)

delapsed1622

caducous1880

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 146 The lapsed share becomes caducous, and falls to those persons named in the testament who happen to have children.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xvii, in tr. Gaius Institutes 394 A testamentary gift which..he to whom it was left has failed to take, although so left that according to the rules of the ius ciuile he might have taken it, is called caducous.

†4. Subject to the ‘falling sickness’, epileptic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > fit or stroke > epilepsy > suffering from

epilentica1398

caduke1495

epileptic1608

caduce1657

caducous1684

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 144 Treat the caducous but roughly, and disturb the manner of the Paroxysm.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	caducous
释义	caducousadj. Brit. /kəˈdjuːkəs/, /kəˈdʒuːkəs/, U.S. /kəˈd(j)ukəs/ Etymology: < Latin cadūcus falling, fleeting, etc. ( < cadĕre to fall) + -ous suffix. 1. Zoology and Botany. Applied to organs or parts that fall off naturally when they have served their purpose; fugacious, deciduous. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [adjective] > permanent or discarded shedc1430 deciduous1657 marcescent1727 fugacious1750 permanent1776 shrivelling1776 persisting1777 persistent1785 sphacelate1785 shedding1796 sphacelated1806 caducous1808 restant1828 fugitive1830 horarious1866 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > attached or becoming united > shed deciduous1657 deciduary1803 caducous1808 1808 W. Roxburgh in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 8 500 Stipules..minute and caducous. 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. ii. v. 249 Fugacious, or caducous [leaves]. 1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 659/1 The placenta and other structures..become caducous. 2. Fleeting, transitory; = caduke adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] slidinga900 scrithingOE henwardOE swifta1225 short livya1325 passing1340 flittingc1374 shadowy1374 temporalc1384 speedfula1400 transitory?c1400 brittlea1425 unabidingc1430 frail?c1450 indurablec1450 scrithel?c1475 caduke1483 transitorious1492 passanta1500 perishinga1500 caducea1513 fugitive?1518 caducal?1548 quick1548 delible1549 flittering1549 undurable?1555 shadowish1561 fleeting1563 vading1566 flightful1571 wanzing1571 transitive1575 slipping1581 diary1583 unlasting1585 never-lasting1588 flit1590 post-like1594 running1598 short-lived1598 short-winded1598 transient1599 unpermanent1607 flashy1609 of a day1612 passable1613 dureless1614 urgenta1616 waxena1616 decayable1617 horary1620 evanid1626 fugitable1628 short-dated1632 fugacious1635 ephemerala1639 impermanent1653 fungous1655 volatile1655 ephemerousa1660 unimmortal1667 timesome1674 while-being1674 of passage1680 journal1685 ephemeron1714 admovent1727 evanescent1728 meteorous1750 deciduous1763 preterient1786 ephemeridal1795 meteorica1802 meteor1803 ephemerean1804 ephemerid1804 evanescing1805 fleeted1810 fleet1812 unenduring1814 unremaining1817 unimmortalized1839 impersistent1849 flighty1850 uneternal1862 caducous1863 diurnal1866 horarious1866 brisk1879 evasive1881 picaresque1959 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed > liable to decay caduke1483 perishablec1484 caducea1513 caducal?1548 ruinable1654 fugitive1678 consumptive1724 unpreservable1787 caducous1863 1863 J. C. Morison St. Bernard ii. iii. 229 Monasticism..was temporary, caducous, and charged with germs of evil. 3. Roman Law. Applied to testamentary gifts which for some reason lapsed from the donee. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adjective] > of or relating to a bequest > lapsed (of bequest) delapsed1622 caducous1880 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 146 The lapsed share becomes caducous, and falls to those persons named in the testament who happen to have children. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xvii, in tr. Gaius Institutes 394 A testamentary gift which..he to whom it was left has failed to take, although so left that according to the rules of the ius ciuile he might have taken it, is called caducous. †4. Subject to the ‘falling sickness’, epileptic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > fit or stroke > epilepsy > suffering from epilentica1398 caduke1495 epileptic1608 caduce1657 caducous1684 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 144 Treat the caducous but roughly, and disturb the manner of the Paroxysm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1684
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