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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/, /kəˈdɑːv.ə(ɹ)/ ''(UK)''; /kəˈdævɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|cadāver|t=dead body]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) probably from a participle of ''cadere'' “to fall, perish, die”,^(Etymonline)^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|ine-pro|*kad-|t=to fall]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD) Etymonline compares Greek ''ptōma'' “corpse”, literally “a fall”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A dead body, especially of a human being; a corpse (1398).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) Barnhart considers this early occurrence to be Latin and dates the English borrowing to about 1500, as does Merriam-Webster.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word has kept its meaning but is now chiefly technical,^(OED 1989) used especially of a body intended for dissection.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary) A sense “skeleton” is recorded from 1682.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1398 – a dead body, a corpse.^(OED 1989)

+ * a1425 – ''cadaverous''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * c1500 – established in English.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1682 – a skeleton.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A dead body, especially a human body intended for dissection.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cadaveric]]

+ * [[cadaverine]]

+ * [[cadaverous]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cadence]]

+ * [[decay]]

+ * [[chance]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}