decrepitude

de·crep·i·tude

 (dĭ-krĕp′ĭ-to͞od′, -tyo͞od′)

n.

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

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de•crep•i•tude

(dɪˈkrɛp ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud)

n.

decrepit condition; dilapidation; feebleness.

[1595–1605; < French]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

decrepitude - a state of deterioration due to old age or long use dilapidation deterioration, impairment - a symptom of reduced quality or strength

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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

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decrepitude

noun

The condition of being infirm or physically weak:

debility, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness.

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Translations

abaissement

decrepitezza

decrepitude

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

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decrepitude

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

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decrepitude

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

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decrepitude

[dɪˈkrɛpɪtjuːd] n (frm) → decrepitezza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

decrepitude

n. decrepitud.

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