Definitions for: Decrepit


[adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
[adj] worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"



Webster (1913) Definition: De*crep"it, a. [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised
out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about
quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]pit. See Crepitate.]
Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities
of old age; feeble; worn out. ``Beggary or decrepit age.''
--Milton.

Already decrepit with premature old age. --Motley.

Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.

Synonyms: creaky, feeble, flea-bitten, frail, infirm, run-down, sapless, weak, weakly, woebegone, worn

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