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decrepitness

/dɪˈkɹɛpɪtnəs/

decrepitness noun: decrepitude.

Noun

decrepitness (uncountable)

  1. Decrepitude.
    • The station interiors were also suffering. "The universal lavatorial glazed tiling is dirty and cracked, the paint is peeling, and there is a general air of decay," Guardian journalist Charles Cook wrote in a 1974 feature. But as Cook himself discovered, this decrepitness disguised the positives of...2021 December 29, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, in RAIL, number 947, page 45

Synonyms of decrepitness

Origin of decrepitness

From decrepit + -ness.

Questions about decrepitness

What does decrepitness mean?
Decrepitness means decrepitude.
What part of speech is decrepitness?
Decrepitness is a noun.
How do you pronounce decrepitness?
Decrepitness is pronounced /dɪˈkɹɛpɪtnəs/.

Words near decrepitness in the dictionary

  1. decrepitates
  2. decrepitating
  3. decrepitation
  4. decrepitations
  5. decrepitly
  6. decrepitness
  7. decrepitude
  8. decrepitudes
  9. decrepity
  10. decresc
  11. decresc.

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