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DECREPITUDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decrepitude mean?
• DECREPITUDE (noun)
The noun DECREPITUDE has 1 sense:
1. a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
Familiarity information: DECREPITUDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of deterioration due to old age or long use
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
decrepitude; dilapidation
Hypernyms ("decrepitude" is a kind of...):
deterioration; impairment (a symptom of reduced quality or strength)
Context examples
"Gout and decrepitude!" said Sir Walter.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
His slow, limping step and bowed shoulders gave the appearance of decrepitude, and yet his hard, deep-lined, craggy features, and his enormous limbs showed that he was possessed of unusual strength of body and of character.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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