decrepitly
/dəˈkɹepɪtli/duh-KREH-pit-lee
/dəˈkɹɛpɪtli/duh-KREH-pit-lee
Meaningin a decrepit way
Common meaning: in a decrepit way (inferred)
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- crepto crack, creak, rattleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 480 · scan
- itpast-participle stem ending (from Latin -itum)
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘down, away, off’ + ‘to crack, creak, rattle’ → decrepitly
Journey through time
- Latincrepō, crepuī, crepitum‘to crack, creak, rattle’
- Englishdecrepit‘worn out with age’
- Englishformed in English from decrepitdecrepitly‘in a decrepit way (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: in a decrepit way. It can be inferred from any of: decrepit.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from decrepit + -ly (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- crepō, crepuī, crepitum Latin “to crack, creak, rattle”
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