decrepit

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. 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”Synonyms: creakyderelictflea-bittenrun-downwoebegone
  2. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality“a feeble old woman”“her body looked sapless”Synonyms: debilefeebleinfirmricketysaplessweakweakly
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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['e]cr['e]pit. See Crepitate.] Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. "Beggary or decrepit age." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Already decrepit with premature old age. --Motley. [1913 Webster]

Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid. [1913 Webster]

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