caduce
Syllables: ca·duce/kəˈdjuːs/
caduce adjective: caducous.
Adjective
caduce (comparative more caduce, superlative most caduce)
Noun
caduce (plural caduces)
Forms of caduce
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more caduce |
| superlative | most caduce |
| Noun | |
| plural | caduces |
Origin of caduce
From Middle French caduc, from Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”).
From Latin cādūceus, cādūceum.
Words that rhyme with caduce
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- deduce
- sluice
- unloose
- educe
- effuse
- introduce
- mousse
- produce
- recluse
- reproduce
- Rus
- seduce
- spruce
- excuse
- moose
- traduce
- transduce
- vamoose
- Zeus
- abduce
- abstruse
- adduce
- cruse
- diffuse
- disuse
- doos
- douce
- overproduce
- papoose
- reuse
- truce
- unsluice
- Al-Andalus
- ashy-headed goose
- boose
- burnoose
- ceruse
- charlotte russe
- Emden goose
- fog juice
- hoose
- ill-use
- incuse
- luce
- misuse
- noose
- obstruse
- overuse
Questions about caduce
- What does caduce mean?
- Caduce means caducous.
- What part of speech is caduce?
- Caduce can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce caduce?
- Caduce is pronounced /kəˈdjuːs/.
Words near caduce in the dictionary
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