DECREPIT

decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly

(adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; “a feeble old woman”; “her body looked sapless”

creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone

(adjective) worn and broken down by hard use; “a creaky shack”; “a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape”; “a flea-bitten sofa”; “a run-down neighborhood”; “a woebegone old shack”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

decrepit (comparative more decrepit, superlative most decrepit)

Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

Synonyms

• aged, timeworn, withered; see also old or deteriorated

Anagrams

• depicter, precited, redepict

Source: Wiktionary

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De*crep"it, a. Etym: [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F. décrépit. See Crepitate.]

Definition: Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. "Beggary or decrepit age." Milton. Already decrepit with premature old age. Motley.

Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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