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decrepid

decrepid is the obsolete spelling of decrepit.

Meaning of decrepit

Adjective

decrepit (comparative more decrepit, superlative most decrepit)

  1. Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
    • 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.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 79–80

Forms of decrepid

comparativemore decrepid
superlativemost decrepid

Origin of decrepid

decrepit with alteration of the suffix by analogy with -id (from Latin -idus).

Questions about decrepid

What is decrepid the obsolete spelling of?
Decrepid is the obsolete spelling of decrepit.

Words near decrepid in the dictionary

  1. decreolizations
  2. decreolize
  3. decreolized
  4. decreolizes
  5. decreolizing
  6. decrepid
  7. decrepit
  8. decrepitate
  9. decrepitated
  10. decrepitates
  11. decrepitating

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