decrepitude

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French décrépitude, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitūdō (“decrepitude”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːd/ (US) IPA(key): /dəˈkɹɛpɪˌtuːd/ === Noun === decrepitude (countable and uncountable, plural decrepitudes) The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:decrepitude. ==== Synonyms ==== cobwebbiness, decrepitness, hoariness; see also Thesaurus:oldness ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: de‧cre‧pi‧tu‧de === Noun === decrepitude f (usually uncountable, plural decrepitudes) decrepitude (the state of being decrepit) === Further reading === “decrepitude”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “decrepitude”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026