Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēcrepitus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēcrepitus n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Old age, senility.
Associated quotations
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)419/284 : Offa feeble wex for age, And blissid Botild..As they that gan approchen to the stage Off decrepitus.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.83 : But now fordullid be impotence of age, Of decrepitus markid with many a signe, My labour up of writyng I resigne.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)1476 : For decrepitus hath his marke sett.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.IVMass (Trin-C R.3.21)383 : Graunt or I be dede, And or decrepitus put me in dotage, To haue a repaste of thy celestiall brede.