Ca‐dav″er‐ous (?), a. [L. cadaverosus.] 1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. “The scent cadaverous.”
— Ca‐dav″er‐ous‐ly, adv. — Ca‐dav″er‐ous‐ness, n.