cadaveric
See also: cadavèric
English edit
Etymology edit
From French cadavérique.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cadaveric (comparative more cadaveric, superlative most cadaveric)
- Pertaining to a corpse.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 157:
- Hodgkin had just returned from his second visit to Paris, where he had learned to prepare and dissect cadaveric specimens.
- Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
- 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society, published 2007, page 21:
- He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […]
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
pertaining to a corpse
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French cadavérique.
Adjective edit
cadaveric m or n (feminine singular cadaverică, masculine plural cadaverici, feminine and neuter plural cadaverice)
Declension edit
Declension of cadaveric
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | cadaveric | cadaverică | cadaverici | cadaverice | ||
definite | cadavericul | cadaverica | cadavericii | cadavericele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | cadaveric | cadaverice | cadaverici | cadaverice | ||
definite | cadavericului | cadavericei | cadavericilor | cadavericelor |