DECREPIT
ADJECTIVES
► BEDRID worn out, decrepit, impotent → 1621
► OAFF decrepit, worn down with disease → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► ON ONE’S LAST PEGS near death; worn out; decrepit → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RUSTY of a person, esp. an elderly one: shabby, decrepit → 1425
► WARBY unkempt; decrepit → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BLID an old or decrepit person; a term of compassion → 1873 Eng. dial.
► CROCK a thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit → 1903 sl. chiefly Brit.
► MUSEUM PIECE a thing regarded as antiquated or decrepit ..1928 colloq.
► OLD CROCK a thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit → 1905 sl. chiefly Brit.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAUCHLE an old, decrepit, or shabby person; later, an insignificant, unimportant or worthless person; a ne’er-do-well → 1820 Sc.
► BELDAM ► BELDAME a decrepit or ugly old woman → a1586
► DECRIPPIT a cripple, a lame person; one who is decrepit → 1887 Eng. dial.
► HES-BEEN a man or woman too old or feeble to work; a worn-out or decrepit person → 1875 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HUDDLE-DUDDLE a decrepit old person → 1599 obs.
► MUSEUM PIECE a person regarded as antiquated or decrepit → 1928 colloq.
► OLD CROCK a person who is old or decrepit → 1905 sl. chiefly Brit.
► RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a decrepit old woman; a woman in rags → 1910s sl.
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