decrepity

English

Etymology

From Middle French décrépité, from Latin dēcrepitās.

Noun

decrepity (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Decrepitude.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , II.28:

     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.