decrepit
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decrepit
- /dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt/
- /dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/
- /dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Middle English decrepyt (ante 1439), from Middle French décrépit, from Latin dēcrepitus (“very old”), from crepō (“to creak”).
adjective more decrepit · most decrepit · decrepid
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Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
Sorrow is subdued by strong necessity; there is no cause why life should be lengthened for our love; and we feel that the worn and the decrepit do but go down into that grave which had received youth, health, beauty,—all that made existence precious—long before.
Similar: aged, timeworn, withered, deteriorated
Translations
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adj weakened or worn out
| Español | decrépito, destartalado, venido a menos, ruinoso |
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| 日本語 | やつれた yatsureta |
| 中文 | 破舊 /破旧 pòjiù, 衰老 shuāilǎo, 老弱的 lǎoruò de |
| हिन्दी | जर्जर jarjar |
| Português | decrépito |
| Français | décrépit, décati |
| Deutsch | heruntergekommen, gammelig, gebrechlich, abgenutzt, altersschwach, verbraucht |
| Italiano | decrepito, barbogio, rincoglionito |
| Română | decrepit, ramolit |
| Русский | дря́хлый drjáxlyj, не́мощный némoščnyj, ве́тхий vétxij |
| العربية | هَرِم harim |
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