decrepitness

noun

decrepitness

noun

/dɪˈkɹɛpɪtnəs/

Etymology From decrepit + -ness.

1

Decrepitude.

  • 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.2021 December 29, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, in RAIL, number 947, page 45:
Synonyms
agedness, cobwebbiness, hoariness

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