decrepituden.
/dɪˈkrɛpɪtjuːd/ The state or condition of being decrepit; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age. literal and figurative.
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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
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xix. 37 She..dies in hir decrepitude.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 151. ⁋1 The several stages by which animal life makes its progress from infancy to decrepitude.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 489 Praise from the rivel'd lips of toothless, bald Decrepitude.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxi. 161 Still when hoary decrepitude..Nods a tremulous Yes to all.
1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxxv. 627 Paganism thus stricken down in her decrepitude never rose again.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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