decrepit
11decrepit — [adj] deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age aged, anile, antiquated, battered, bedraggled, broken down, creaky, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm,… …
12decrepit — ► ADJECTIVE 1) worn out or ruined because of age or neglect. 2) elderly and infirm. DERIVATIVES decrepitude noun. ORIGIN Latin decrepitus, from crepare rattle, creak …
13decrepit — [dē krep′it, dikrep′it] adj. [ME & OFr < L decrepitus < de , intens. + crepitus, pp. of crepare, to creak, rattle (in LL, to burst, die): see CRAVEN] broken down or worn out by old age, illness, or long use SYN. WEAK decrepitly adv …
14decrepit — [[t]dɪkre̱pɪt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak. The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station. ...a decrepit old man …
15DÉCRÉPIT — ITE. adj. Qui est dans la décrépitude. Cet homme est décrépit. Femme décrépite. Vieille décrépite. On dit de même : Vieillesse décrépite. Âge décrépit …
16decrepit — decrepitly, adv. decrepitness, n. /di krep it/, adj. 1. weakened by old age; feeble; infirm: a decrepit man who can hardly walk. 2. worn out by long use; dilapidated: a decrepit stove. [1400 50; late ME < L decrepitus, lit., broken down, equiv.… …
17decrepit — adjective 1) a decrepit old man Syn: feeble, infirm, weak, weakly, frail; disabled, incapacitated, crippled, doddering, tottering; old, elderly, aged, ancient, senile; informal past it, over the hill, no spring chicke …
18decrepit — de|crep|it [dıˈkrepıt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: decrepitus, from crepare to make a high cracking sound ] old and in bad condition ▪ The buildings were in a decrepit state. >decrepitude n [U] …
19decrepit — [15] The underlying meaning of decrepit is ‘cracked’. It comes from Latin dēcrepitus, an adjective formed (with the intensive prefix dē ) from the past participle of crepāre ‘creak, rattle, crack’ (ultimate source also of English crepitation,… …
20decrepit — adjective old and in bad condition: The buildings were in a decrepit state. decrepitude noun (U) …
