decrepitude UK /dɪˈkɹɛpɪtʃuːd/US /dəˈkɹɛpɪˌtuːd/ noun1 •The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.There prevailed in his time an opinion, that the world was in its decay, and that we have had the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of nature. — 1781 formsdecrepitudes