decrepitadj.n.

/dɪˈkrɛpɪt/

Forms: Also 1500s decrepute, decreaped, 1500s–1600s decrepite, decrepet, 1600s decrepate, 1600s–1800s decrepid, 1700s decripid, decriped, decripped.

Etymology: < French décrépit (16th cent.), in 15th cent. descrepy, < Latin dēcrepitus very old, decrepit, < dē- down + crepit-, participial stem of crepāre to crack, creak, rattle. The final -it has had many forms assimilated to past participles, adjectives in -id, etc.

A. adj.

1. Of living beings (and their attributes): Wasted or worn out with old age, decayed and enfeebled with infirmities; old and feeble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > decrepit or senile

decrepit?a1500

wintry1579

superannated1605

superannate1608

superannuated1616

superannuate1647

doitereda1790

doitering1828

rickety1841

senile1847

nodded1887

geriatric1968

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > weak with age

swaca1325

decrepit?a1500

unstithec1540

senile1847

arthritic1961

a1500 R. Henryson Praise of Age 2 in Poems (1981) 165 Ane ald man and decrepit herd I syng.

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 3 §1 Every man..not lame decrepute or maymed.

1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Bi^v To sustayne theyr parents decrepet age.

1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxix. 361 A fourth farre older decrepate with age.

a1699 W. Temple Ess. Health & Long Life in Miscellanea: 3rd Pt. (1701) 105 With common Diseases, Strength grows decrepit.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. i. ii. 6 Poor old decrepit People, who are..incapable of getting a Livelihood by Work.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xx. 283 Some poor old pensioner, decrepit and feeble-eyed.

β. decrepid, etc.a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. H3^v/1 Thou shalt not find I am decrepit.1698 J. Dryden Let. 1 Oct. in Wks. (1893) XVIII. 141 How can you be so good to an old decrepid man..?1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 317 Decripped old Sinners.1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 216 A poor decrepid old woman.1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 204 An old, decrepid..animal.

2. figurative of things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed

rottena1382

marcid?a1425

bada1450

decayed1528

carious1530

mouldy1576

perished1587

decrepit1594

moskered1612

marcidious1656

mortified1673

ampery1736

daddocky1790

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D4^v The decrepite Churches in contention beyond sea.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 264 Decrepite superstitions.

1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 24 The poor, wasted, decrepit revenue of the principality.

1863 D. G. Mitchell My Farm of Edgewood 124 The decrepid apple trees are rooted up.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 116 The military administrations of surrounding nations were singularly decrepit and corrupt.

B. n.

One who is decrepit. Obsolete or local.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > infirm old person

decrepit1578

twichildc1580

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 25 In men full of dayes, & such decrepittes as old age hath long arrested.

1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Decrippit, a cripple, lame person.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	decrepit
释义	decrepitadj.n. /dɪˈkrɛpɪt/ Forms: Also 1500s decrepute, decreaped, 1500s–1600s decrepite, decrepet, 1600s decrepate, 1600s–1800s decrepid, 1700s decripid, decriped, decripped. Etymology: < French décrépit (16th cent.), in 15th cent. descrepy, < Latin dēcrepitus very old, decrepit, < dē- down + crepit-, participial stem of crepāre to crack, creak, rattle. The final -it has had many forms assimilated to past participles, adjectives in -id, etc. A. adj. 1. Of living beings (and their attributes): Wasted or worn out with old age, decayed and enfeebled with infirmities; old and feeble. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > decrepit or senile decrepit?a1500 wintry1579 superannated1605 superannate1608 superannuated1616 superannuate1647 doitereda1790 doitering1828 rickety1841 senile1847 nodded1887 geriatric1968 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > weak with age swaca1325 decrepit?a1500 unstithec1540 senile1847 arthritic1961 a1500 R. Henryson Praise of Age 2 in Poems (1981) 165 Ane ald man and decrepit herd I syng. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 3 §1 Every man..not lame decrepute or maymed. 1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Bi^v To sustayne theyr parents decrepet age. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxix. 361 A fourth farre older decrepate with age. a1699 W. Temple Ess. Health & Long Life in Miscellanea: 3rd Pt. (1701) 105 With common Diseases, Strength grows decrepit. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. i. ii. 6 Poor old decrepit People, who are..incapable of getting a Livelihood by Work. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xx. 283 Some poor old pensioner, decrepit and feeble-eyed. β. decrepid, etc.a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. H3^v/1 Thou shalt not find I am decrepit.1698 J. Dryden Let. 1 Oct. in Wks. (1893) XVIII. 141 How can you be so good to an old decrepid man..?1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 317 Decripped old Sinners.1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 216 A poor decrepid old woman.1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 204 An old, decrepid..animal. 2. figurative of things. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed rottena1382 marcid?a1425 bada1450 decayed1528 carious1530 mouldy1576 perished1587 decrepit1594 moskered1612 marcidious1656 mortified1673 ampery1736 daddocky1790 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D4^v The decrepite Churches in contention beyond sea. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 264 Decrepite superstitions. View more context for this quotation 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 24 The poor, wasted, decrepit revenue of the principality. 1863 D. G. Mitchell My Farm of Edgewood 124 The decrepid apple trees are rooted up. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 116 The military administrations of surrounding nations were singularly decrepit and corrupt. B. n. One who is decrepit. Obsolete or local. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > infirm old person decrepit1578 twichildc1580 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 25 In men full of dayes, & such decrepittes as old age hath long arrested. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Decrippit, a cripple, lame person. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † decrepitv. Etymology: < decrepit adj. Obsolete. rare. To make decrepit (see quot. 1688). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > tie up for decrepit1688 spreadeagle1829 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 310/2 The Tying Neck and Heels, is a Punishment of decrepiting, that is benumming the Body, by drawing it all together, as it were into a round Ball. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.?a1500v.1688
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decrepitadj.n.

† decrepitv.