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English
Etymology
From Middle English decrepyt (ante 1439), from Middle French décrépit, from Latin decrepitus (“very old”), from crepare (“to creak”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
decrepit (comparative more decrepit, superlative most decrepit)
- Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 79–80:Sorrow is subdued by strong necessity; there is no cause why life should be lengthened for our love; and we feel that the worn and the decrepit do but go down into that grave which had received youth, health, beauty,—all that made existence precious—long before.
2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. Saltash Town Council bought Saltash station building after it had become very decrepit and 'an eyesore' - such that it was nearly pulled down to make way for housing.
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weakened or worn out
- Afrikaans: uitgeput
- Arabic: هَرِم (ar) (harim)
- Assamese: আলৰ (alor), আথৰ (athor), জৰাতুৰ (zoratur)
- Bulgarian: грохнал (bg) (grohnal), вехт (bg) (veht)
- Catalan: decrèpit
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (old and shabby; worn-out) 破舊/破旧 (zh) (pòjiù), (old and weak; senile) 衰老 (zh) (shuāilǎo), 老弱的 (zh) (lǎoruò de)
- Dutch: versleten (nl), afgedragen (nl)
- Finnish: kulunut (fi), raihnainen (fi)
- French: décrépit (fr), décati (fr)
- German: heruntergekommen (de), gammelig (de), gebrechlich (de), abgenutzt (de), altersschwach (de), verbraucht (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: βαθύγηρως (bathúgērōs)
- Icelandic: farlama (is), örvasa, hrumur (is)
- Italian: decrepito (it), barbogio, rincoglionito (it)
- Japanese: やつれた (yatsureta)
- Khmer: ទុំ (km) (tum)
- Latin: dēcrepitus
- Norwegian: utslitt
- Persian: فرتوت (fa) (fartut)
- Portuguese: decrépito (pt)
- Romanian: decrepit (ro), ramolit (ro)
- Russian: дря́хлый (ru) (drjáxlyj), не́мощный (ru) (némoščnyj) (infirm), ве́тхий (ru) (vétxij) (dilapidated)
- Sanskrit: जर्जर (sa) (jarjara)
- Spanish: decrépito (es), destartalado (es) m, venido a menos m, ruinoso (es) m
- Swedish: utsliten (sv)
- Ukrainian: старий (uk) m (staryj), зношений m (znošenyj), ветхий m (vetxyj), дряхлий m (drjaxlyj)
- Welsh: musgrell (cy), llegach (cy)
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Further reading
- “decrepit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French décrépit, from Latin decrepitus.
Adjective
decrepit m or n (feminine singular decrepită, masculine plural decrepiți, feminine and neuter plural decrepite)
- decrepit
Declension