noun
decrepitude
Decrepitude (noun) means the condition of being feeble or worn out through old age or long use.
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The condition of being feeble or worn out through old age or long use.
"He recalled that when he accompanied Nixon to Peking in February, 1972, he had been struck by Mao's decrepitude and Chou's failing health."
— James C. H. Shen, A Round of Calls (1983)
"We were encircled by a ghostly decrepitude, roads that led to nowhere, canals holding pools of brilliant, stinking water, a few nat-haunted banyan trees, grotesque with old muscled trunks and bearded roots."
— Norman Lewis, Golden Earth (1952)
"Being a trifle precipitate in his entry, he trod on a bottle, and was instantly extinguished by a Japanese screen, which appeared to collapse on him out of pure decrepitude."
— Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia (1913)
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Etymology
Comes from Middle French décrépitude, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitūdō ("decrepitude").
Synonyms
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dilapidation
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What is the meaning of decrepitude?
"decrepitude" (noun) means the condition of being feeble or worn out through old age or long use.
What is another word for decrepitude?
Other words for "decrepitude" include dilapidation.
