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decrepitude

noun

a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

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Word length
11
Starts with
D
Ends with
E
Contains
EC
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːd

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noun

  1. a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

noun

  1. The quality or state of being wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age.

    “He is obscurely pleased by this discovery of his decrepitude, and is indulging what he fancies to be a prerogative of old age by talking to himself in public.”

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He is obscurely pleased by this discovery of his decrepitude, and is indulging what he fancies to be a prerogative of old age by talking to himself in public.

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