decrepit
Use Decrepit in a sentence
ɪt adjective
1.
weakened by old age; feeble; infirm: a decrepit man who can hardly walk.
2.
worn out by long use; dilapidated: a decrepit stove.
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decrepit (dɪˈkrɛpɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | enfeebled by old age; infirm |
| 2. | broken down or worn out by hard or long use; dilapidated |
| [C15: from Latin dēcrepitus, from crepāre to creak] | |
| de'crepitly | |
| —adv | |
| de'crepitude | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
decrepit
c.1450, from M.Fr. decrepit, from L. decrepitus, from de- "down" + *crepitus, pp. of crepare "to crack, break."
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Example sentences
Their skateboard park is a decrepit concrete fountain with deep fissures.
The mansion itself had once been a cloister for decrepit nuns, and was surrounded by a sculpted garden.
The leapfrogging of decrepit state telecoms by profitable mobile telephone companies is one example.
Medieval romances, it is true, had fallen by this time into a decrepit old age.
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