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   caducity

   /kəˈdjuːsɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the infirmity of old age; senility: "my father was attacked with symptoms of caducity"
   • ▪ frailty or transitory nature: "read these books and reflect on their caducity"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from French caducité, from caduc, from Latin caducus ‘liable to fall’, from cadere ‘to fall’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

   • U

     1

   • C

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

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