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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-lap-i-deyt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪt


Définition of dilapidation

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Late Latin dilapidationem (nominative dilapidatio) "a squandering," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin dilapidare "throw away, squander, waste," literally "pelt with stones" (thus "ruin, destroy") or else "scatter like stones," from dis- "asunder" (see dis-) + lapidare "throw stones at," from lapis (genitive lapidis) "stone." "Taken in Eng. in a more literal sense than was usual in Latin" [OED].
  • noun ruin
Example sentences :
  • We did not see the dilapidation, we did not smell the dirt, we did not feel the squalor.
  • Extract from : « Riviera Towns » by Herbert Adams Gibbons
  • Dilapidation is written everywhere in this Oriental atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou
  • Our Lady suffered this dilapidation because of the people's sins.
  • Extract from : « The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche » by Anatole France
  • The roof was gone, and every thing was in a state of dilapidation and ruin.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Scotland » by Jacob Abbott
  • The speculation did not answer, and the house is now in a state of dilapidation.
  • Extract from : « A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres » by George Thomas Love
  • Amid remains of former splendor, dilapidation and stagnation reign.
  • Extract from : « Ginger-Snaps » by Fanny Fern
  • It had an air of dilapidation, but, withal, of comfort about it.
  • Extract from : « The Rival Campers » by Ruel Perley Smith
  • The house was not modern and had fallen into a general state of dilapidation.
  • Extract from : « Doris Force at Locked Gates » by Julia K. Duncan
  • At present it bears a stamp of dilapidation, poverty, and squalor.
  • Extract from : « Saddle and Mocassin » by Francis Francis Jr.
  • Page 295: Missing "an" added (an advanced state of dilapidation).
  • Extract from : « The Escaping Club » by A. J. Evans

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