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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1599
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Caduc, Caduke, a. Also: caduck, -uct. [ME. caduc, caduke (c 1440), F. caduc, L. cadūcus.] Liable to fall; fleeting, transitory.1531 Bell. Boece II. 482 (thair empire is caduke and fragill). 1533 Boece ix. viii. 304 b (all manly affaris ar mortall and caduc). 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 120/27 (to fle thir vardly caduc honouris). 1535 Stewart 261 § 242 (that terrene caduct corps). 1587-99 Hume ii. 86 (the mortall, caduck corps).
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