Associations to the word «Dilapidated»

Wiktionary

DILAPIDATED, verb. Past participle of dilapidate
DILAPIDATED, adjective. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect

Dictionary definition

DILAPIDATED, adjective. In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack".

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.
William Butler Yeats