decrepitude
noun/dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːd/UK/dəˈkɹɛpɪˌtuːd/US
Etymology
From Middle French décrépitude, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitūdō (“decrepitude”).
- derived from décrépitude
Definitions
The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.
- There prevailed in his time an opinion, that the world was in its decay, and that we have had the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of nature.
- This was the probable destination of his sister Kate. His uncle had deceived him, and might he not consign her to some miserable place where her youth and beauty would prove a far greater curse than ugliness and decrepitude?
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for decrepitude. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA