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decrepity

decrepity noun: decrepitude.

Noun

decrepity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Decrepitude.
    • being demanded what his studies would stead him in his decrepity, [he] answered; that he might the better, and with more ease leave this world., II.28

Origin of decrepity

From Middle French décrépité, from Latin dēcrepitās.

Questions about decrepity

What does decrepity mean?
Decrepity means decrepitude.
What part of speech is decrepity?
Decrepity is a noun.

Words near decrepity in the dictionary

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

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