† decrepitnessn.
Obsolete.
= decrepitude n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness > due to old age
decrepity1576
decrepitness1600
decrepitude1603
decrepitage1670
decrepidity1760
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun] > decrepitude or senility
unelda1300
agec1405
decrepity1576
decrepitness1600
decrepitude1603
superannuation1655
decrepitage1670
decrepidity1760
caducity1769
Struldbrugism1778
1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. x. sig. F8 Before decrepitenesse and death catch me.
1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer ii. 34 Wou'dst thou make me the Staff of thy Age, the Crutch of thy Decrepidness?
1703 J. Savage tr. Select Coll. Lett. Antients viii. 49 The Decrepidness of extream Old Age.
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