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† caˈduke, a. Obs.
Also 5–6 caduc, 5–7 caduque.
[a. F. caduc (fem. caduque):—L. cadūcus.]
1. Falling, liable to fall.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. xii. 134 The fruite caduke.
2. Fleeting, transitory, perishable, corruptible.
1484Caxton Curial 4 Our lyf..ne hath glorye mondayne ne pompe caduque wythoute aduersyte. 1509Fisher Wks. i. (E.E.T.) 196 Euery thynge in this worlde is caduke. 1549Compl. Scotl. 170 To fle thir varldly caduc honouris. 1651Stanley Poems 242 Caduque corruptible bodies. 1688G. Miege Gt. Fr. Dict., Caduke or crazy.
3. Of persons: Infirm, feeble.
1510–20Compl. to late maryed (1862) 10, I am all caduc, and wery for age. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Yonge, vertuous and stronge, so that he be nat caduke nor shakynge of his handes.
4. Epileptic; = caducous 4.
1398Trevisa Barth De P.R. xviii. i. (1495) 746 Caduc men that haue the fallyng euyll. |