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de·crep·it
(dĭ-krĕp′ĭt)adj.
Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitus, worn out, feeble : dē-, de- + crepitus, past participle of crepāre, to burst, crack.]
de·crep′it·ly adv.
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decrepit
(dɪˈkrɛpɪt)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]
deˈcrepitly adv
deˈcrepiˌtude, deˈcrepitness n
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de•crep•it
(dɪˈkrɛp ɪt)adj.
1. weakened by old age; feeble; infirm.
2. worn out or broken down by long use; dilapidated.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin dēcrepitus=dē- de- + -crepitus, akin to crepāre to crack, burst]
de•crep′it•ly, adv.
de•crep′it•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | decrepit - 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" worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" |
2. | decrepit - lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" frail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body" |
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decrepit
adjective
1. ruined, broken-down, battered, crumbling, run-down, deteriorated, decaying, beat-up (informal), shabby, worn-out, ramshackle, dilapidated, antiquated, rickety, weather-beaten, tumbledown The film was shot in a decrepit police station.
2. weak, aged, frail, wasted, fragile, crippled, feeble, past it, debilitated, incapacitated, infirm, superannuated, doddering a decrepit old man
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decrepit
adjective1. Not physically strong:
2. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:
bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare.
Informal: tacky.
Slang: ratty.
Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.
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decrepit
adj staircase, car etc → altersschwach; building → baufällig, heruntergekommen; industry → heruntergekommen; person → alterschwach, klapprig (inf)
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decrepit
a. decrépito-a.
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