decrepitness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈkɹɛpɪtnəs/
Etymology
Etymology tree English decrepit Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English decrepitness From decrepit + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Decrepitude.
The station interiors were also suffering. "The universal lavatorial glazed tiling is dirty and cracked, the paint is peeling, and there is a general air of decay," Guardian journalist Charles Cook wrote in a 1974 feature. But as Cook himself discovered, this decrepitness disguised the positives of Underground travel.
2021 December 29, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, in RAIL, number 947, page 45: