decrepit
/dəkˈɹepɪt/duh-KREH-pit
/dəkˈɹɛpɪt/duh-KREH-pit
Meaningcreaking down; worn out
Common meaning: worn out with age
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- crepto crack, creak, rattleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 480 · scan
- itpast-participle stem ending (from Latin -itum)
‘down, away, off’ + ‘to crack, creak, rattle’ → decrepit
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin crepō ‘to crack, creak, rattle’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry crepō, p. 480 · dictionary scan
Roots
- crepō, crepuī, crepitum Latin “to crack, creak, rattle”
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