Decrepitness

//dɪˈkɹɛpɪtnəs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Decrepitude. uncountable

    "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."

Synonyms

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agednesscobwebbinessdecrepitudehoarinessoldnessvenerability

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"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."

Etymology

From decrepit + -ness.

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