cadaverous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

Word forms

cadaverous more cadaverous most cadaverous

Etymology

From Latin cadāverōsus; compare Middle English cadaverous (“gangrenous, mortified”).

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