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decrepitude

UK/dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːd//dəˈkɹɛpɪˌtuːd/

decrepitude noun: the state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.

Noun

decrepitude (countable and uncountable, plural decrepitudes)

  1. The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.
    • There prevailed in his time an opinion, that the world was in its decay, and that we have had the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of nature.1781, Samuel Johnson, Lives of the Poets
    • This was the probable destination of his sister Kate. His uncle had deceived him, and might he not consign her to some miserable place where her youth and beauty would prove a far greater curse than ugliness and decrepitude?1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

decrepitude meaning in Hindi and Urdu

decrepitude in Hindi

the state of being decrepit
जर्जरता jarjartā

decrepitude in Urdu

فرسودہ حالی, خستہ حالی

Examples of decrepitude in a sentence

  • Being a trifle precipitate in his entry, he trod on a bottle, and was instantly extinguished by a Japanese screen, which appeared to collapse on him out of pure decrepitude.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 5:
  • He recalled that when he accompanied Nixon to Peking in February, 1972, he had been struck by Mao's decrepitude and Chou's failing health.1983, James C. H. Shen, “A Round of Calls”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington...

Synonyms of decrepitude

Forms of decrepitude

pluraldecrepitudes

Origin of decrepitude

From Middle French décrépitude, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitūdō (“decrepitude”).

Questions about decrepitude

What does decrepitude mean?
Decrepitude means the state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.
What is decrepitude in Hindi?
Decrepitude in Hindi is जर्जरता (jarjartā). See Decrepitude meaning in Hindi.
How do you use decrepitude in a sentence?
Being a trifle precipitate in his entry, he trod on a bottle, and was instantly extinguished by a Japanese screen, which appeared to collapse on him out of pure decrepitude.
What part of speech is decrepitude?
Decrepitude is a noun.
How do you pronounce decrepitude?
Decrepitude is pronounced /dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of decrepitude?
The plural of decrepitude is decrepitudes.

Words near decrepitude in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decrepitude (page history and authors); decrepitude (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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