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English Dictionary: decrepit	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for decrepit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decrepit adj 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" Synonym(s): creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" Synonym(s): decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decrepit \Decrep"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[82]cr[82]pit. See {Crepitate}.] Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. [bd]Beggary or decrepit* age.[b8] --Milton. Already decrepit with premature old age. --Motley. Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.