decrepit

See also: decrèpit, décrépit, and décrépît

English

From Middle English decrepyt (ante 1439), from Middle French décrépit, from Latin dēcrepitus (“very old”), from crepō (“to creak”).

decrepit (comparative more decrepit, superlative most decrepit)

Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 79–80:
  Sorrow is subdued by strong necessity; there is no cause why life should be lengthened for our love; and we feel that the worn and the decrepit do but go down into that grave which had received youth, health, beauty,—all that made existence precious—long before.
- 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:
  Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. Saltash Town Council bought Saltash station building after it had become very decrepit and 'an eyesore' - such that it was nearly pulled down to make way for housing.

weakened or worn out

Afrikaans: uitgeput
Arabic: هَرِم (ar) (harim)
Assamese: আলৰ (alor), আথৰ (athor), জৰাতুৰ (zoratur)
Bulgarian: грохнал (bg) (grohnal), вехт (bg) (veht)
Catalan: decrèpit
Chinese:
Mandarin: (old and shabby; worn-out) 破舊 / 破旧 (zh) (pòjiù), (old and weak; senile) 衰老 (zh) (shuāilǎo), 老弱的 (zh) (lǎoruò de)
Czech: zchátralý, sešlý (cs), vetchý
Dutch: versleten (nl), afgedragen (nl)
Finnish: kulunut (fi), raihnainen (fi)
French: décrépit (fr), décati (fr)
German: heruntergekommen (de), gammelig (de), gebrechlich (de), abgenutzt (de), altersschwach (de), verbraucht (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: βαθύγηρως (bathúgērōs)
Hindi: जर्जर (hi) (jarjar)
Icelandic: farlama (is), örvasa, hrumur (is)
Italian: decrepito (it), barbogio, rincoglionito (it)
Japanese: やつれた (yatsureta)
Khmer: ទុំ (km) (tum)
Latin: dēcrepitus
Norwegian: utslitt
Persian: فرتوت (fa) (fartut)
Portuguese: decrépito (pt)
Romanian: decrepit (ro), ramolit (ro)
Russian: дря́хлый (ru) (drjáxlyj), не́мощный (ru) (némoščnyj) (infirm), ве́тхий (ru) (vétxij) (dilapidated)
Sanskrit: जर्जर (sa) (jarjara)
Spanish: decrépito (es), destartalado (es) m, venido a menos m, ruinoso (es) m
Swedish: utsliten (sv)
Ukrainian: старий (uk) m (staryj), зношений m (znošenyj), ветхий m (vetxyj), дряхлий m (drjaxlyj)
Welsh: musgrell (cy), llegach (cy)

Etymology tree

Latin dēcrepituslbor.

French décrépitbor.

Romanian decrepit

Borrowed from French décrépit, a learned borrowing from Latin dēcrepitus.

decrepit m or n (feminine singular decrepită, masculine plural decrepiți, feminine/neuter plural decrepite)