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cadent

cadent adjective: falling.

Adjective

cadent (comparative more cadent, superlative most cadent)

  1. Falling.
    • The 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses in Astrology are considered cadent houses.

Forms of cadent

comparativemore cadent
superlativemost cadent

Origin of cadent

From the Latin cadens (“falling”), present active participle of cado (“to fall”).

Words formed from cadent

Questions about cadent

What does cadent mean?
Cadent means falling.
What part of speech is cadent?
Cadent is an adjective.

Words near cadent in the dictionary

  1. cadene
  2. cadenette
  3. cadenettes
  4. Cadenhead
  5. Cadenheads
  6. cadent
  7. cadential
  8. cadenza
  9. cadenzas
  10. cadenze
  11. cader

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