Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dilapidated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dilapidate \Di*lap"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dilapidated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Dilapidating}.] [L. dilapidare to scatter
like stones; di- = dis- + lapidare to throw stones, fr. lapis
a stone. See {Lapidary}.]
1. To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by
misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and
good condition of; -- said of a building.
If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates
the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the
patrimony. --Blackstone.
2. To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much
dilapidated. --Wood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dilapidated \Di*lap"i*da`ted\, a.
Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or
neglect.
A deserted and dilapidated buildings. --Cooper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dilapidated
adj : in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements";
"a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a
tumble-down shack" [syn: {bedraggled}, {broken-down}, {ramshackle},
{tatterdemalion}, {tumble-down}, {unsound}]
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