Definitions for cadaveric
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ca•dav•er*kəˈdæv ər(n.)
a dead body, esp. a human body to be dissected; corpse.
* Syn: See body.
Origin of cadaver:
1350–1400; ME < L: corpse; akin to cadere to fall, perish (see decay , chance )
ca•dav′er•ic(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
cadaverous, cadaveric(adj)
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
"we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
Wiktionary
cadaveric(Adjective)
Pertaining to a corpse.
cadaveric(Adjective)
Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver.
Origin: From cadavérique.
Webster Dictionary
Cadaveric(adj)
of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity
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