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Definition of Cadaverous
1. Adjective. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. "Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
Similar to: Lean, Thin
Derivative terms: Boniness, Bonyness, Gauntness
2. Adjective. Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse. "We had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
Definition of Cadaverous
1. a. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
Definition of Cadaverous
1. Adjective. Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cadaverous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Cadaverous
1. Having the pallor and appearance resembling a corpse. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadaverous
Literary usage of Cadaverous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"Susceptible of only a low degree of organization, as the indurations resulting
from low or chronic inflammation, fibro-cartilage, cirrhosis, Ac. cadaverous ..."
2. The Holland House Circle by Lloyd Charles Sanders (1908)
"... jealousy—His caustic comments—His cadaverous appearance—Built of a piece—"
Columbus "—Lord Dudley's review —"Human Life"—"Italy"—"Conversation" Sharp—As ..."
3. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1843)
"as many spectres, so cadaverous and unearthly was their general aspect.
Then commenced another species of dance, in which each file moved forwards three ..."
4. Chronicles of London Bridge by Richard Thomson (1827)
"imitation of the great Christian pattern, and that dying in the act, they were
reduced to such a cadaverous appearance at their decease. ..."
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