caducus

Meaning

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) That easily falls, inclined to fall
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, poetic) Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed.
4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively) Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile.
5. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary.

Concepts

ephemeral

evanescent

flabby

fleeting

fugacious

impermanent

momentary

passing

short-lived

transient

transitory

momentany

Synonyms

fugitivus

Translations

زائل

سريع الزوال

fugaç

momentani

efímer

flàccid

flüchtig

kurzlebig

kurzzeitig

vergänglich

vorübergehend

ephemer

ephemerisch

schnell bewegend

لَيِّن

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kaˈduː.kʊs]

Etymology

From cadō (“to fall”) + -ūcus.