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cadaverous

Cadaverous (adj) means Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

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Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
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Etymology

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

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"cadaverous" (adj) means corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.

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