† decrepidityn.
rare.
= 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
1760 Misc. in Ann. Reg. 190/2 Age pictured in the mind is decrepidity in winter, retiring in the evening to the comfortable shelter of a fire-side.
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