caduce
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈdjuːs/
- Hyphenation: ca‧duce
- Rhymes: -uːs
Etymology 1
From Middle French caduc, from Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”).
Adjective
caduce (comparative more caduce, superlative most caduce)
- (obsolete) caducous.
Etymology 2
From Latin cādūceus, cādūceum.
Noun
caduce (plural caduces)
- (obsolete) caduceus.
Further reading
- “caduce, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “caduce, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Adjective
cadūce
- vocative masculine singular of cadūcus