Both Uses of
decrepit
in
War and Peace
- I don't speak of his capacity as a general, but at a time like this how they appoint a decrepit, blind old man, positively blind?†
Chpt 10 *
- Next day the decrepit Kutuzov, having given orders to be called early, said his prayers, dressed, and, with an unpleasant consciousness of having to direct a battle he did not approve of, got into his caleche and drove from Letashovka (a village three and a half miles from Tarutino) to the place where the attacking columns were to meet.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(decrepit) worn and broken down by hard use