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Latin
Etymology
From marceō (“wither”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
marcidus (feminine marcida, neuter marcidum); first/second-declension adjective
- withered, dropping, rotten
- apathetic, languid
- exhausted, feeble, weak
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “marcidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “marcidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- marcidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.