v.
Pronunciation: d ə - ' la-p ə - ˌ d ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -dat · ed ; -dat · ing
Etymology: Latin dilapidatus, past participle of dilapidare to squander, destroy, from dis- + lapidare to pelt with stones, from lapid-, lapis stone
Date: 1565
transitive verb
1 : to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin <furniture is dilapidated by use ― Janet Flanner>
2 archaic : SQUANDER
intransitive verb : to become dilapidated
– di · lap · i · da · tion \ - ˌ la-p ə - ' d ā -sh ə n \ noun