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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1790-1817, 1902-1929
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DECRIPPIT, adj. Also decript, decripped, decrepted. Sc. variants of Eng. decrepit (Bnff.2 1940, decrippit).Abd. 1929 Mains and Hilly in Abd. Weekly Jnl. (14 March) 6/4:
They leuk like some peer aul' man decript wi' rheumatics.Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop Hamely Sk. 61:
Comparison . . . becomes . . . an oddious contortion an' decrippit-looking sicht.Ayr. 1790 A. Tait Poems 240:
I canna tell you a' her fau'ts. She's so decript.Ayr. 1817 D. McKillop Poems 115:
A decripped youth .Kcb. 1911 G. M. Gordon Auld Clay Biggin' 83:
A puir shilpet bit crater it was, as decrepted i' body as i' mind.
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