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121décrépitude — (dé kré pi tu d ) s. f. Dernier terme de la vieillesse, période de la vie humaine qui, dans la classification physiologique des âges, commence vers quatre vingts ans et qui, commençant un peu plus tôt ou un peu plus tard, se caractérise par une… …
122flimsy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sleazy, gossamer, fragile; tenuous, unsubstantial; feeble, weak. See weakness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of physical things ] Syn. slight, frail, weak, gauzy, sleazy, sheer, shoddy,… …
123frail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fragile, brittle, delicate; weak, infirm, weak willed. See brittleness, weakness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fragile, delicate, infirm, slight; see dainty 1 , fragile , sick , weak 1 . See Synonym… …
124old — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. aged, old age, elderly; experienced; antique, antiquated, olden. See oldness, age.Ant., young; new. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [No longer vigorous] Syn. aged, elderly, patriarchal, superannuated,… …
125doddering — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tottering, senile, trembling, decrepit; see old 1 , shaky 2 , weak 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. feebleminded, senile, faltering, weak, infirm, decrepit, shaky, tottering, shuffling, quivering, *dotty. ANT.: hale …
126tumbledown — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dilapidated, decrepit, rickety; see old 2 , shaky 1 , unsteady 1 , worn 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. dilapidated, rickety, unstable, broken down, shaky, unsteady, ramshackle, *ready to collapse at the word boo,… …
127Weakness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Weakness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 weakness weakness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 debility debility atony relaxation languor enervation Sgm: N 1 impotence impotence &c. 158 Sgm: N 1 …
128Disease — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disease disease Sgm: N 1 illness illness sickness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 ailing ailing &c.??? all the ills that flesh is heir to =>(Hamlet) Sgm: N 1 morbidity morbidity …
