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单词 cadaverous
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cadaverousadj.

/kəˈdavərəs/
Etymology: < French cadavéreux, -euse, < Latin cadāverōsus corpse-like, < cadāver : see cadaver n.
a. Of or belonging to a corpse; such as characterizes a corpse, corpse-like.
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the world > life > the body > dead body > [adjective]
ghastly1574
cadaverous1643
corpse-like1830
cadaveric1835
corpsy1883
1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) i. §38 By continuall sight of Anatomies, Skeletons, or Cadaverous reliques.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §26 Cadaverous dissection of bodies.
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 251 A cadaverous man, composed of diseases and Complaints.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 205 Some cadaverous Smell those Ravens discover in the Air.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants IV. 374 Cadaverous smell of the Phallus impudicus.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 41 The strange, unusual..smell, and the cadaverous light.
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 167 The cadaverous odour is of the repulsive kind.
b. esp. Of corpse-like or deadly pallor.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]
blatec1000
whiteOE
greena1275
blakec1275
bleykea1300
wana1300
palec1330
bleach1340
pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374
colourlessc1380
deadlyc1385
deadc1386
bloodlessc1450
earthlyc1460
ruddylessc1460
wan visaged?a1513
wanny1555
as pale or white as a clout1557
bleak1566
mealy1566
pale-faced1570
ghastly1574
white-faced1577
bleakish1581
pallid1590
whiggish1590
tallow-faced1592
maid-pale1597
lily1600
whey-colour1602
lew1611
roseless1611
Hippocratical1615
cadaverousa1661
Hippocratic1681
smock-faced1684
white-looked1690
livid1728
as white (or pale) as a sheet1752
squalid1753
deathly1791
etiolated1791
light-skinned1802
suety1803
shilpit1813
blanched1828
tallowy1830
suet-faced1834
pasty1836
tallowish1838
whey-faced1847
pasty-faced1848
aghast1850
waxen1853
complexionless1863
light-skin1877
lily-cheeked1877
lardy1879
wan-faced1881
exsanguinous1889
wheatish1950
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 67 His eye was excellent at the instant discovery of a cadaverous face..this made him at the first sight of sick Prince Henry, to get himself out of sight.
a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 246 He found John Milton sitting in an Elbow Chair..pale, but not cadaverous.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 145 He has a cadaverous countenance, full of cavities and projections.
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. vi. 38.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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