decrepitude
11DÉCRÉPITUDE — n. f. Déchéance physique qui provient d’un état de vieillesse extrême. Tomber dans la décrépitude, dans la dernière décrépitude. Les maladies l’ont réduit avant le temps à un véritable état de décrépitude …
12decrepitude — [[t]dɪkre̱pɪtjuːd, AM tuːd[/t]] N UNCOUNT Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition. [FORMAL] Even opposite the Presidential residence there was a general air of decrepitude and neglect …
13decrepitude — /di krep i toohd , tyoohd /, n. decrepit condition; dilapidated state; feebleness, esp. from old age. [1595 1605; < F décrépitude, deriv. of décrépit DECREPIT; see TUDE] * * * …
14decrepitude — noun /dɪˈkɹɛpɪtjuːd,dɘˈkɹɛpɪˌtuːd/ 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… …
15decrepitude — decrepit ► ADJECTIVE 1) worn out or ruined because of age or neglect. 2) elderly and infirm. DERIVATIVES decrepitude noun. ORIGIN Latin decrepitus, from crepare rattle, creak …
16decrepitude — noun Date: 1603 the quality or state of being decrepit …
17decrepitude — Synonyms and related words: caducity, debilitation, debility, decay, deterioration, dilapidation, disease, dotage, enervation, feebleness, incapacity, infirmity, malaise, old age, ruin, senescence, senility, sickliness, superannuation,… …
18decrepitude — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. feebleness, infirmity, dilapidation; see age 2 , decay 1 , weakness 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness …
19decrepitude — de|crep|i|tude [ dı krepı,tud ] noun uncount FORMAL the state of being old and no longer in good condition or good health …
20decrepitude — n. feebleness, frailness, infirmness …
