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Cause for decrepitude
Answer for the clue "Cause for decrepitude ", 7 letters:
oldness
Alternative clues for the word oldness
Word definitions for oldness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oldness \Old"ness\, n. The state or quality of being old; old age.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the opposite of youngness [ant: youngness ] the opposite of newness [ant: newness ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English ealdnysse ; see old + -ness .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being old; age.
Usage examples of oldness.
His wide shoulders sagging, his lean brown face crumbling, giving him a look of oldness, he stepped out into the street.
His skeleton carried this oldness, this aura of time, as if he were merely a vessel for it.
To an archaeologist, there might have been significance, Horton told himself, but to the two of them, there had been simply oldness-a musty, dusty, repetitive oldness that was at once futile and depressive.
Watching them, she was suddenly aware of a weariness, a premature oldness in each.
It was the only time in my marriage that I felt old, a specimen of oldness, a landmark, standing in those slightly oversized pajamas, a little ridiculous, reliving the same moment of the night before, Kathryn reading in bed, a dram of Greek brandy on the bedside table, another reference forward.