decrepitude
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of decrepitude
1595–1605; < French décrépitude, derivative of décrépit decrepit; -tude
Example Sentences
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They asked: "How do we ethically justify forcing these bodies to continue to exist in decrepitude?"
From BBC • May 13, 2025
People bought there, people built there, and when the real estate company folded, the sign that was meant to stand for 18 months soldiered on into decrepitude for years.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2023
On Tuesday, one of the main buildings on the property was demolished, after a devastating fire delivered the killing blow following decades of decrepitude and abandonment.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2022
“Don’t you think it should cost less to be alive?” he bursts out at one point, seemingly at random, as if the decrepitude around him has stirred much larger anxieties.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
Other than these small businesses, there are more shingled houses, the same shape and size and in the same state of mild decrepitude, painted mint, or lilac, or powder blue.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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