Decrepitude

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decrepitude \De*crep"i*tude\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]cr['e]pitude.]
     The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of
     age; infirm old age.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  decrepitude
       n : a state of deterioration due to old age or long use [syn: {dilapidation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "decrepitude":
     caducity, debilitation, debility, decay, deterioration,
     dilapidation, disease, dotage, enervation, feebleness, incapacity,
     infirmity, malaise, old age, ruin, senescence, senility,
     sickliness, superannuation, unhealthiness, weakness