Both Uses of
dilapidated
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Presently this was thrown open, and Marguerite found herself on the threshold of the most dilapidated, most squalid room she had ever seen in all her life.†
Chpt 22 *
- "Faith!" she said, looking round with some curiosity and a great deal of horror at the dilapidated walls, the broken chairs, the rickety table, "it certainly does not look inviting."†
Chpt 22
Definition:
in bad condition -- especially from age and neglect