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  1. adjective Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak.

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  • She had always looked older than her years, but in the last twenty four hours had become positively decrepit-looking. —  Dangerous Lady
  • Unfortunately, neither the old man nor his decrepit golden dragon was a sharp observer. —  Dragons of Spring Dawning
  • Karal looked where everyone else was looking, but saw no new person there, only an old, decrepit, weather-beaten wreck of a musical instrument. —  Storm Breaking
  • 'I did not say you were decrepit, I merely pointed out that you are no longer young. —  Lion Of Macedon
  • I'm not that old and decrepit, no matter what my husband says. " —  A Corpse is a Corpse
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitus, worn out, feeble : dē-, de- + crepitus, past participle of crepāre, to burst, crack.

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  1. from Old French decrepit, French décrépit = Spanish decrépito = Portuguese Italian decrepito, from Latin decrepitus, an adjective applied to old men and old animals, and usually translated ‘very old’: literally meaning uncertain; usually explained as ‘noiseless’ (because “old people creep about quietly” or “like shadows”), otherwise as ‘broken’; from de- privative + crepitus, past participle of crepare, make a noise, rattle, break with a crash: see crepitate.
 

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/dəˈkrɛpɪt/
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