decrepitude
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decrepitude
- /dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːd/ UK
- /dəˈkɹɛpɪˌtuːd/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French décrépitude, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitūdō (“decrepitude”).
noun decrepitudes
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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.
Similar: cobwebbiness, decrepitness, hoariness
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noun the state of being decrepit
| Español | decrepitud |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | जर्जरता jarjartā |
| Português | decrepitude |
| Français | décrépitude |
| Deutsch | Abnutzung, Altersschwäche, Verfall |
| Italiano | decrepità, decrepitezza |
| Русский | дря́хлость drjáxlostʹ |
Talk about this word "decrepitude." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/decrepitude. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. decrepitude. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/decrepitude "decrepitude." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/decrepitude.Cite this
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title = {decrepitude},
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year = {2026},
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