decrepitude

Definizione monolingua

decrepitude

decrepitude (countable and uncountable; plural decrepitudes)

1. the state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use
   • 1781, Samuel Johnson, Lives of the Poets

     There prevailed in his time an opinion, that the world was in its decay, and that we have had the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of nature.

   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

     This was the probable destination of his sister Kate. His uncle had deceived him, and might he not consign her to some miserable place where her youth and beauty would prove a far greater curse than ugliness and decrepitude?

Definizione dizionario decrepitude

	debolezza
	The state of being weak.

	vulnerabilità
	The state of being weak.

abbassamento

avvilimento

decrepitezza

Altri significati:

the state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use