decrepit

[De*crep·it]

That building falling down on the corner of your block? It's decrepit. So is the old man who lives there, if he is weak from age. Decrepit means broken down by hard use.

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Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.

Adjective S.
lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

Adjective S.
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"


a.
Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.


Decrepit

De*crep"it , a. [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F. d'82cr'82pit. See Crepitate.] Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. "Beggary or decrepit age." Milton.
Already decrepit with premature old age.
&hand; Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.

Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.

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