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cadaverous

ca·dav·er·ous [ kə dávvərəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. extremely thin: thin to the point of resembling a skeleton or corpse

2. pale: deathly pale ( literary )

3. of corpses: suggesting death or corpses ( formal or literary )


ca·dav·er·ous·ly adverb
ca·dav·er·ous·ness noun
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