Etymology

cadaverous

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Today it means: Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver. Full definition →

Latin cadāverōsus
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  1. Latin · derived fromcadāverōsus
  2. English todaycadaverous

From Latin cadāverōsus; compare Middle English cadaverous (“gangrenous, mortified”).

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