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caduke

caduke adjective: perishable; frail; transitory.

Adjective

caduke (comparative more caduke, superlative most caduke)

  1. (obsolete) perishable; frail; transitory
    • the caduke pleasures of this worlde1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms

Forms of caduke

comparativemore caduke
superlativemost caduke

Origin of caduke

Compare French caduc. See caducous.

Questions about caduke

What does caduke mean?
Caduke means perishable; frail; transitory.
What part of speech is caduke?
Caduke is an adjective.

Words near caduke in the dictionary

  1. caducifolious
  2. caducities
  3. caducity
  4. caducous
  5. caducously
  6. caduke
  7. Cadulawan
  8. Cadumanian
  9. Cadusian
  10. Cadusians
  11. Cadusii

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