病やみ惚ほうける

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

become senile from illness; become wasted by illness

Describes a person whose mental or physical state has deteriorated due to prolonged illness, often implying a dazed or senile condition. The verb is intransitive and relatively rare in modern usage.

• 長なが患わずらいで、祖そ父ふはすっかり病やみ惚ほうけてしまった。

  After a long illness, my grandfather became completely senile.

• 病やみ惚ほうけたようにぼんやりと窓まどの外そとを見みている。

  He is staring blankly out the window as if wasted by illness.