caducity

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noun

Dotage or senility.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouncaducity (usually uncountable, plural caducities)

plural caducities

  1. uncountableusuallyDotage or senility.
  2. uncountableusuallyThe state of being impermanent or transitory.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Frenchcaducité
  2. Englishcaducity

From French caducité; see caducous.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian старост, сенилност
  • старост (starost)dotage or senility
  • сенилност (senilnost)dotage or senility
  • тленност (tlennost)The state of being impermanent or transitory
  • преходност (prehodnost)The state of being impermanent or transitory
Catalan caducitat, caducitat
  • caducitatdotage or senility
  • caducitatThe state of being impermanent or transitory
Chinese Mandarin 老糊涂, 老迷糊
  • 老糊涂 (lǎohútú)dotage or senility
  • 老迷糊dotage or senility
  • 衰老 (shuāilǎo)dotage or senility
  • 老邁 /老迈 (lǎomài)dotage or senility
Russian бренность
  • бренность (bryennost')The state of being impermanent or transitory
Spanish caducidad
  • caducidaddotage or senility
Cite this entry
APA

caducity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caducity

MLA

“caducity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caducity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caducity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caducity.

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