decrepitude

[ dih-krep-i-tood, -tyood ]

/ dɪˈkrɛp ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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noun

decrepit condition; dilapidated state; feebleness, especially from old age.

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Origin of decrepitude

1595–1605; <French décrépitude, derivative of décrépitdecrepit; see -tude

This organized process of decrepitude was still largely an enigma in 1993, when biologist Cynthia Kenyon, then at UCSF, discovered that mutating just one gene in a roundworm doubled its lifespan.
Has the fountain of youth been in our blood all along?|Kat McGowan|September 28, 2021|Popular-Science
Face it, we like our blues singers to show some signs of decrepitude.
Do Blues Musicians Need to be Really, Really Old?|Ted Gioia|September 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Many of the scenes deal with the grim obsessions of old age: sexual futility, corporeal decrepitude, and death.
The Nabokov Mess|Nathaniel Rich|November 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Another helpful feature on the site is a glossary of terms that delineate the various stages of mall decrepitude.
What's in Store for the Suburban Mall?|Lee Eisenberg|March 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST

So they are spared the anguish of slow, uncomprehending decrepitude.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
It stretched out its boughs to the sea and its branches to the river, and it was the ancient trunk that gave signs of decrepitude.
The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3)|John Ruskin
Your noble tower must need no help, must be sustained by no crutches, must give place to no suspicion of decrepitude.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)|John Ruskin
But ileuede is not used elsewhere in L, and would connote decrepitude.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes|Various
It seemed to be a child, for it had but childhood's growth; yet the body had the clumsy decrepitude of old age.
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay