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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: decrepitus, from crepare 'to make a high cracking sound'

decrepit

 adjective
     
de‧crep‧it
old and in bad condition:
The buildings were in a decrepit state.
—decrepitude noun [uncountable]
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