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Definition of Decrepitude
1. Noun. A state of deterioration due to old age or long use.
Definition of Decrepitude
1. n. The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.
Definition of Decrepitude
1. Noun. the state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use ¹
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Definition of Decrepitude
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrepitude
Literary usage of Decrepitude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1842)
"decrepitude is not invariably attended with drivelling—as we hare already shown,
the opposite is sometimes its concomitant. When, however, it does prevail, ..."
2. Principles of Industrial Organization by Dexter Simpson Kimball (1919)
"... and often are, recognized: (1) Wear and tear or maintenance. (2) Physical
decay or decrepitude. (3) Deferred maintenance or neglect. (4) Inadequacy. ..."
3. Travels in Various Parts of Peru: Including a Year's Residence in Potosi by Edmond Temple (1830)
"Welcome in the houses of the Clergy.—Chicha. —Certain prejudices.—Scene in a
Dormitory.—Bloom of youth and decrepitude of age.—A splendid and imposing scene ..."
4. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe by John William Draper (1918)
"Criterion of Faith—a'» that of Reason—in that of decrepitude. Determination of
the Law of Variation of Greek Opinion. — Thi Development of National ..."
5. Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth (1821)
"... by the parent in the helpless age of childhood is repaid almost in kind, by
the assistance and solace afforded to him in his slippered decrepitude. ..."
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