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caducity

N ความอ่อนแอ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CADUCITY

n.Tendency to fall.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CADUCITY

Ca *du "ci *ty, n. Etym: [LL. caducitas: cf. F. caducité. See Caducous. ]

 

Defn: Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.] [A ] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

caducity

ca du ci ty |kəˈd (y )o͞ositē kəˈdjusədi | ▶noun archaic the infirmity of old age; senility. • literary frailty or transitory nature: read these books and reflect on their caducity. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from French caducité, from caduc, from Latin caducus ‘liable to fall, ’ from cadere ‘to fall. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

caducity

caducity |kəˈdjuːsɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic the infirmity of old age; senility. • literary frailty or transitory nature. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from French caducité, from caduc, from Latin caducus ‘liable to fall ’, from cadere ‘to fall ’.