If you refer to someone as a ~ old man or woman, you are saying in a disrespectful way that they are old and not strong.
...a ~ old man making his will before he’s too senile.
= decrepit
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
If you refer to someone as a ~ old man or woman, you are saying in a disrespectful way that they are old and not strong.
...a ~ old man making his will before he’s too senile.
= decrepit
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012