Associations to the word «Decrepit»
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Wiktionary
DECREPIT, adjective. Weakened or worn out from age or wear
Dictionary definition
DECREPIT, adjective. Worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack".
DECREPIT, adjective. Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.