decrepit

English

Alternative forms

• decrepid (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin decrepitus (“very old”), from crepare (“to creak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt/, X-SAMPA: /dI"kr\Ep.It/

Adjective

decrepit (comparative more decrepit, superlative most decrepit)

1. Weakened or worn out from age or wear

Derived terms

• decrepitly
• decrepitude

Translations

weakened or worn out

• Bulgarian: грохнал (bg) (grohnal), вехт (bg) (veht)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (old and shabby; worn-out) 破舊 (cmn), 破旧 (cmn) (pòjiù), (old and weak; senile) 衰老 (cmn) (shuāilǎo), 老弱的 (cmn) (lǎoruò de)

• Dutch: versleten (nl), afgedragen (nl)
• Finnish: kulunut (fi)
• French: décrépit (fr)
• German: heruntergekommen (de), gammelig (de)
• Icelandic: farlama (is), örvasa (is), hrumur (is)

• Italian: decrepito (it)
• Japanese: やつれた (ja) (yatsureta)
• Khmer: ទុំ (km) (tum)
• Norwegian: utslitt (no)
• Russian: дряхлый (ru) (drjáxlyj), немощный (ru) (némoščnyj) (infirm), ветхий (ru) (vétxij) (dilapidated)
• Spanish: decrépito (es)
• Swedish: utsliten (sv)

External links

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Anagrams

• depicter