decrepitude

de·crep·i·tude (d

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The quality or condition of being weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use.

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Noun

decrepitude - a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

dilapidation

deterioration, impairment - a symptom of reduced quality or strength

decrepitude

noun

1. decay, deterioration, degeneration, dilapidation The buildings had been allowed to fall into decrepitude.

2. weakness, old age, incapacity, wasting, invalidity, senility, infirmity, dotage, debility, feebleness, eld (archaic) the boundary between healthy middle age and total decrepitude

Translations

decrepitude [dɪˈkrepɪtjuːd] N [of person] → decrepitud f; [of building] → deterioro m, mal estado m

decrepitude [dɪˈkrɛpɪtjuːd] n [person] → décrépitude f; [building] → délabrement m

decrepitude

n (of staircase, car etc) → Altersschwäche f; (of building) → Baufälligkeit f; (of person) → Altersschwäche f, → Klapprigkeit f (inf); (of industry) → heruntergekommener Zustand

decrepitude [dɪˈkrɛpɪtjuːd] n (frm) → decrepitezza

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Crazedness
debility
decline
decrepit
Decrepitness
deterioration
dilapidation
dotage
government
impairment
infirmity
ruin
senility
weakness

"And then," resumed D'Artagnan, "to this decrepitude is probably added poverty, for he must have neglected the little that he had, and the dirty scoundrel, Grimaud, more taciturn than ever and still more drunken than his master -- stay, Planchet, it breaks my heart to merely think of it.

Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

As he drew near the advancing soldiers, and as the roll of their drum came full upon his ears, the old man raised himself to a loftier mien, while the decrepitude of age seemed to fall from his shoulders, leaving him in gray but unbroken dignity.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

Despite his sixty years and snow-white hair, his hand-shake was firmly hearty, and he showed no signs of decrepitude, walking with a quick, snappy step, making all movements definitely and decisively.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

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