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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Decrepit, Decrip(p)it, a. and n. Also: decreppit, -craipit, -crepat, -creeped, -criepid; decrippet, -crip(p)ed. [e.m.E. decrepite, -it (16th c., also decrepute, -ate, decrepid, etc.), F. décrépit, L. dēcrepit-us.]
1. adj. Old and feeble or worn out.(a) a1500 Henr. III. 107/2 (ane ald man and decrepit). c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 136 (decrepit karlingis). 1533 Boece vii. x. 241 (febill decreppit folks). 1543 Reg. Cupar A. II. 25 (ald and decrepat). 1561 Peebles B. Rec. 272 (decrepit bedellis). 1563 Reg. Neubotle 334 (agit decraipit monkis). a1578 Pitsc. I. 320/16 (agit and decreppit).(b) a1568 Bann. MS. 57 a/2 (ane awld man and decripit). 1599 Reg. Privy C. VI. 3 (ane impotent and decrippit persone). 1640 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 418 (aiget decrippet men). 1653 Ib. II. 271 (old decripped age). 1686 Erskine Diary 198 (sore bowed and decriped).(c) 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Duellum (all men that ar decreeped). 1651 Burnett Fam. P. MS. (depauperat and decriepid persons). 1681 Bk. Old Edinb. C. VIII. 105 (the poore old decreeped petitioner).
2. n. A decrepit person. 1533 Boece vii. xi. 243.
Slaying ȝong innocentis, tendir damosellis, and agit decripitis
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